Pskovo-Russian Currency System (Principia Moderni III Map Game)

The Pskovio-Russian currency System, in which the most valuable currency is the Zolotnik, was instituted in 1432 by a comprehensive monetary reform and the standardization of weights and measures within the Republic of Pskov. The system officialy has 4 seperate coins, one gold, one silver, and 2 copper, however one copper coin/bar is rarely used due to its heavy weight. The Main coins instituted in the Reform are the gold Zolotnik(rooted in the word "Zoloto" or gold in Russian), the Silver Ruble(rooted in the word "Rubit" or chop, i.e. chopped piece), and the Copper Grivna(rooted in proto-slavic word for "neck" testament to its shape) and Grivnaya Dolia(literaly part of Grivna). The names of the Coins correspond directly with a Pskovian weight instituted in 1432, as to try and maintain consistency throughout the years, it is still under debate wether or not the weight is the namesake of the coin, or the coin namesake of the weight. Although the official currency is the Zolotnik, most gold and silver in the central banks vaults and the pskovian treasury is stored in the form of Golden or silver Grivnias, gold bars weighing about 800 grams, to later be melted down into zolotniks.

Intrinsic value of coins
One Zolotnik contains 5.3175 g or exactly 1 Zolotnik of Gold, equivelant to the gold in 3/2 Ducats.

One Ruble contains 15.9525 g or exactly 3 zolotniks(1 Rubl') of Silver

One Grivna contains 797.625 g or exactly 150 Zolotniks(50 Rubl's or 1 Staraya Grivna) of Copper

One Grivnaya dolia contains 79.9625 g or exactly 15 zolotniks(5 Rubl's or 1/10 staraya Grivnas grivnas) of Copper

Foreign
2 Zolotnik ► 3 Ducats*

Note: this is the "official" rate when certified exchange offices(who pay an annual fee to the bank to maintain certification) bring foreign coins currencies to the bank, however individual offices' rates may be subject to change without notice, they may be higher or lower, depending on the will of the office, each office may have different "buy" and "sell" rates.

Base Coin Equivelancies
1 Zolotnik ► 20 Rubles

1 Ruble    ► 20 Grivnas

1 Grivna   ► 10 Grivnaya Dolias

Other Equivelancies
1 Zolotnik ► 4000 Grivnaya Dolias

1 Zolotnik ► 400 Grivnas

1 Ruble    ► 200 Grivnaya Dolias