The Currency Of Rokugan
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When barter does not suffice, the currency Rokugan uses is a coinage known as koku, which theoretically represents the amount of rice needed to feed a peasant for a year (five bushels). However, each clan mints its own coins, whose value is dependent on the harvest that year. The end result is a booming but scandalous currency exchange market among city merchants, as well as regional and yearly variances in items’ prices.
Generally speaking, koku are gold coins minted in the form of a circle with a hole in the middle to be strung on ropes. One koku can be exchanged for five silver bu (short for ichibuban) coins. One bu can be exchanged for ten copper zeni pennies— meaning there are fifty zeni in a koku.
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Core Rulebook · Chapter 5: Equipment › Samurai and Money › Buying and Selling Items · p. 229
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When barter does not suffice, the currency Rokugan uses is a coinage known as koku, which theoretically represents the amount of rice needed to feed a peasant for a year (five bushels). However, each clan mints its own coins, whose value is dependent on the harvest that year. The end result is a booming but scandalous currency exchange market among city merchants, as well as regional and yearly variances in items’ prices.
Generally speaking, koku are gold coins minted in the form of a circle with a hole in the middle to be strung on ropes. One koku can be exchanged for five silver bu (short for ichibuban) coins. One bu can be exchanged for ten copper zeni pennies— meaning there are fifty zeni in a koku.