Leg-less Warrior

Date: End of the First Age
Face Value: 1 SP, 1/10th GP
Weight: I Weight Unit:
Notes: Collectable, Human, Rare

The silver piece is the standard trading coin. They are quickly traded and not normally hoarded.

This example is the earliest known version of the coin dating to the First Age. This type of silver coin with a 3/4 profile of a warrior is still being struck today. The popularity of the Leg-Less Warrior has spanned the ages and there are many examples available.

The highest quality examples of the Leg-Less Warrior are from the Eastern Dwarf Mines. There, most trade is transacted using a very complex accounting and trading system. This elaborate system is used throughout the mines, involving huge central ledgers and complex exchange rates. The transaction is normally in deeds of title and common seals. When "change" is required, the trader strikes the required coins from prepared long silver rods. The rod being 100 SP in length. Each trader has a die with their tribal champion embossed. When the deal is completed, the trader will cut the required number of coins and strike them while the deal is sealed with toasts, ales and tall tales. The resulting 'change set' can become a special collection. The quality of both forging and brewing can be seen in the striking pattern from the first to last coin.

The design for human coins follow the dwarves pattern. The dwarves trade practice has also lead to many tavern drinking games, such as toss the Leg-Less B***h. This is when someone tosses a SP into someone's tankard of ale, normally taking the drinker by surprise, and requires them to return the shot or to buy the next round. If the toss fails, then the SP is used to buy the next round.