A key item. Our wizards could get rich if we manufactured them. But who can we trust the magic with?

In my gameworld, the "government(s)" have evolved to the point where some of them have printed paper money. Some people are reluctant to accept paper money printed by a Government other than their own. "Country Folk" usually don't like to deal with paper money from any Government so they stick with coins. Coins are much harder to counterfit. The value printed on a coin is very close to the market value of it's metal at the time of minting. But even the coins in my gameworld are more advanced than the standard g.p. The largest, most influential government mints coins as follows...
The basic monetery unit is the Chip. One Chip is a gold coin 1/12 of a cubic inch in volume and 1/12 inch thick. (diameter unknown) The monetary units larger or smaller than the Chip are minted into coins of various sizes and made of various metals or combinations of metals. The sign for “Chip” Is ~ . Think of it like our dollar sign ($).
So “3 chips” is written ~3 or`N. The Chip is divided into smaller units, the smallest of which is 1/144th of a chip and is known as a grossanch of a chip. (As you all know, 144 is a Gross) The sign for one grossanch of a chip is `. Think of it like our cent sign except that it goes before the numeral. So 3 1/144ths of a chip is written `3 or `N.


1 Chip Written as ~I = 1Chip Think of it as a Dollar

The Chip is divided into smaller units as follows…
1/144 chip = 1 Grossanch chip Written as `I or `1 Think of it as a penny
1/24 chip = 6 Grossanch chip Written as `O or `6 Think of it as a Nickel
1/12 chip = 12 Grossanch chip Written as `IX or `12 Think of it as a Dime
¼ chip = 36 Grossanch chip Written as `NX or `36 Think of it as a Quarter
½ chip = 72 Grossanch chip Written as `OX or `72 Think of it as a Half Chip




The Chip is multiplied to make larger units as follows…
A 6 chip unit written as ~O or `6
A 12 chip unit written as ~IX or`12
A 36 chip unit written as ~NX or`36
A 72 chip unit written as ~OX or `72
A 144 chip unit written as ~IXX or `144

The paper money used is reserved for units of ~O and greater.

More info on these Elven Numbers can be found at GamesByChance.com

I recall I had some warrior or another, I bypassed about 90% of all treasure, just taking some gems now and then for basic upkeep, and I never bought much of anything besides food or what not, slept in stables and on roofs, etc. But then when some sword or something would come along (I think I was actually an axe fighter) I could claim it an no one complained much. Then again it fit my character, a sort of minimalist, crazed dwarven axe warrior. He was nearly a monk in the pursuit of martial prowess, as his clan was humiliated / defeated or something.

I generally come up with some thing like that in character creation stories, as I hate managing treasure and whatnot. I only really ever had one power hungry mage type character, his whole deal was trying to magically evolve into a dragon, so he was trying to make a hoard.