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Anyone know what the currency was in early A.D.?

That’s the time period my story takes and the guy needs $100 so how would I say that? And is that a lot of money back then? If it’s not I’ll raise the price… I suck at history…

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jake1325 offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (1 minute after post)

Where? In the Americas? Or Europe? There were different currencies back then, so it all depends on where your character is.

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Commander Ikari offline Verified User (9 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 378 #
An Undisclosed Location | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (2 minutes after post)

well the romans owned everything so gold coins or something

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TheLivingZilch offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Allentown, PA, US | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

Yea probably in europe or soemthing not america unless there were people here at the time…im thinking romans though

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TheLivingZilch offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Allentown, PA, US | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

Would 100 gold be a lot though?

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TheLivingZilch offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Allentown, PA, US | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (4 minutes after post)

Like if you would convert 100 dollars into gold, how much gold would i get?

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Commander Ikari offline Verified User (9 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 378 #
An Undisclosed Location | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (6 minutes after post)

depends on the amont of gold in each coin, and the value of gold at the time.

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jake1325 offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (9 minutes after post)

In the Roman Empire I would guess that it would be worth a fair amount since
a)one gold coin is worth 25 denarii, the main currency
but not so expensive because
b) they actually had coins made of gold

From Wikipedia

The main Roman currency during most of the Roman Republic and the western half of the Roman Empire consisted of coins including the aureus (gold), the denarius (silver), the sestertius (bronze), the dupondius (bronze), and the as (copper).

The denarius (plural denarii) was the main currency.

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TheLivingZilch offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Allentown, PA, US | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (16 minutes after post)

Alright thanks now if only I could get how much ‘Denarii’ 100 bucks is…

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TheLivingZilch offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Allentown, PA, US | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (27 minutes after post)

ah i see well i think im good with just that above info thx

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