Currency in Oyashima

Coins and bills are the currency of the land. All official coins are issued under the edict of the Emperor of Orchids and printed or minted in the great imperial city of Edo. Coins from outside the realm are officially banned, but can be sold for scrap or passed in disreputable circles (gambling houses, frontier towns, etc.)

 Denominations 

Mon - A modestly sized holed copper coin, worth the equivalent of 10 copper pieces.

Yen - A small silver coin, also holed for convenient storage, worth the equivalent of 10 silver pieces. Yen are also circulated as paper bills in 1, 5, 10, and 20 Yen denominations.

Kobundō - A small patterned gold ingot (right) worth the equivalent of 1 gold piece.

Ōbundō - A large patterned gold ingot shaped like an oval. Worth the equivalent of 5 gold pieces.

Koku - A rough unit of currency pegged to the amount of rice needed to feed an adult for a year. Currently worth 25 gold pieces. Value of property and output of farms are measured in koku.

 Exchange Rates 

10 mon = 1 yen

10 yen = 1 kobundo

5 kobundo = 1 obundo

5 obundo = 1 koku

Starting funds, by character class

Samurai 1-4 kobundo + 20-80 yen

Kensai 1-2 kobundo + 10-40 yen

Yakuza 1-2 kobundo + 11-20 yen

Wu Jen 1 kobundo + 4-16 yen

Bushi 1 kobundo + 2-12 yen

Barbarian 4-24 yen

Ninja 4-24 yen

Sohei 4-24 yen

Shukenja 4-24 yen

Monk 4-16 yen