
Trade Goods
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Most wealth is not in coins. It is measured in livestock,
grain, land, rights to collect taxes, or rights to resource
(such as a mine or a forest).

Guilds, nobles, and royalty regulate trade. Chartered
companies are granted rights to conduct trade along
certain routes, to send merchant ships to various ports,
or to buy or sell specific goods. Guilds set prices for
the goods or services that they control, and determine
who may or may not offer those goods and services.
Merchants commonly exchange trade goods Without
using currency. The Trade Goods table shows the value
of commonly exchanged goods.


.. csv-table::
    :header: "Cost", "Goods"
    :widths: 20 80

    "1 cp", "1 lb. of wheat"
    "2 cp", "1 lb. of flour or one chicken"
    "5 cp", "1 lb. of salt"
    "1 sp", "1 lb. of iron or 1 sq. yd. of canvas"
    "5 sp", "1 lb. of copper or 1 sq. yd. of cotton cloth"
    "1 gp", "1 lb. of ginger or one goat"
    "2 gp", "1 lb. of cinnamon or pepper, or one sheep"
    "3 gp", "1 lb. of cloves or one pig"
    "5 gp", "1 lb. of silver or 1 sq. yd. of linen"
    "1 gp", "1 sq. yd.of silk or one cow"
    "15 gp", "1 lb. of saffron or one ox"
    "50 gp", "1 lb. of gold"
    "500 gp", "1 lb. of platinum"