Coinage of Impiltur

There are 5 main periods of Impilturian rule from -72DR to the present. They are:

1. Mirandor Dynasty (-72DR to 512DR)

2. Durlarven Dynasty (512DR to 726DR)

3. Elethlim Dynasty (732DR to 924DR)

4. Kingless Years (924DR to 1097DR)

5. Heltharn Dynasty (1097DR to Present)

NOTE: from 726DR to 732DR, Impiltur was overrun by the Scaled Horde, an army of fiends, teiflings and other demonic nasties before the Triad Crusade led by Sarshel Elethlim saw the overthrow of these beasts during the Fiend Wars.

Before discussing coinage, note that the current Royal Mint of Impiltur is located in Hlammach.

The Mirandor Dynasty minted gold, silver and copper coins. All had the symbol of the realm (at that time two blue crossed swords on a white field) on the 'head' side, with the 'tail' side images being as follows:

• Gold: Dragon

• Silver: Pegasus

• Copper: Eagle

During the time of the Durlarven Dynasty, three monarchs I, Bellodar III and Forvar II minted coin, again only gold, silver and copper. Forvar II was the last monarch of the Durlarven dynasty, slain during the attack of the Scaled Horde. His minting is considered unlucky, rare and valuable to collectors. All coins had a 'head' side with the visage of the appropriate monarch noted for his "Van Dyk" beard, Bellodar III for his nose and Forvar II for his long hair, covering the ears and a 'tail' side with the new symbol of the realm, a lion rampant banners, etc. it was a green lion on a black field - the symbol of the Durlarvens.

Only King Halanter II struck coin during the Elethlim dynasty, relying mostly on the coinage of the previous Durlarven dynasty. All these coins were triangular in shape, with the 'head' side being a blazing sun symbol (again, for a time, the symbol of the realm - yellow sun on red background - personal arms of the Elethlims) and the 'tail' sides as follows:

• Gold: Symbol of Tyr (known as Justices)

• Silver: Symbol of Torm (known as Old Faithfuls)

• Copper: Symbol of Ilmater (known as Poorpence)

Very few of these coins were minted, and again they are prized by collectors.

During the Kingless Years, when Old Impiltur fragmented into city-states, these individual settlements all minted their own coins. They did have a uniform 'tail' side consisting of small, shallow round depressions with the name of the city engraved in them. Copper coins had a single depression, silver two, gold three and platinum four. This was the first appearance of platinum coins in Impiltur, and only Lyrabar and Hlammach minted them. The 'head' side consisted of the individual symbols for the various cities, as follows:

• Lyrabar: Tower

• Hlammach: Sailed Ship

• Dilpur: Mace

• Sarshel: Cresting Wave

The current Heltharn dynasty established by Imphras the Great in 1097DR initially relied on the currency of the Kingless Years, but during the reign of King Lashilmbrar, coinage was standardised with the 'tail' side bearing the the crossed sword and wand symbol of the realm and the 'head' sides with the visages of previous monarchs as follows:

• Platinum: Imphras the Great (known as Founders)

• Gold: Imbrar (known as Lost Luckies)

• Silver: Ilmara (known as Shining Ladies)

• Copper: Imphras II (known as King's Thumbs or just Thumbs)