Currency

Currency in Negame is composed of mainly four type of coins. In order, from lowest to highest: Copper, Silver, Gold & Platinum. 100 Copper coins equals to 1 Silver coin.

History
It has been told that Currency was first introduced with marked rocks, used as "tokens" for rewards like food or materials after a Quest has been completed. It quickly caused problems though, from how easy it was to copy them, they had to make them out of something special. Also, some quests were less important than others, and giving smaller rocks didn't work— it was too hard to compare the small ones to the medium ones, etc.

So came Copper coins. Copper was the only metal used at the time. Those were quite small and expensive, and were used with the rocks. Only one of the two problems was fixed... but it worked like so for a bit. After a while, Silver was used, then Gold for coins. Both were quite expensive, but rocks were quickly removed from the currency system. Some even created Platinum coins, because they had too many Gold coins. Platinum coins are quite rare, only the richest can boast about having one, or even some.

Modern Uses
Today, coins are used everyday, even for people not remotely close to bounty hunters. It is required to use coins in cities to pay for food or shelter. It is possible to meet some tribes or small villages that doesn't use currency and still prefer trading.

Today, a night in a tavern can cost from 20 Copper coins to 1 Silver coin. A coffee may be around 5 Coppers, and a full-fledged meal 50 Coppers. A simple Sword can cost from 1 Silver to 5, and better ones can cost over 50 Golds— armor is even more expensive, especially if enchanted.

It also depends on which city you pay in, in the capital, it costs more to have shelter than in a small village right next to an agressive orc tribe.