[9] White Harbor in the north contains the Old Mint.[15] During the War of the Five Kings, Lord Wyman Manderly suggests his seat of White Harbor as a location where King Robb Stark could mint his own coinage. Among the ironborn culture, while women are allowed to buy ornaments with coin, warriors only take items, be it jewelry or items as food and water, off of the corpses of the enemies he has slain. It is called paying "the iron price", whereas paying with coin is called paying "the gold price". Specific values of each of the coins have not yet been mentioned in any of the canon works of A Song of Ice and Fire. The semi-canon A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying game by Green Ronin has placed the value of the coins as represented in the table, which it states are to be used as a rule of thumb, as rates may change across different regions, time periods, situations (i.e. war-time versus times of peace), etc. The coins most commonly encountered are pennies, stars, stags and dragons.
The lands north of The Wall are harsh lands, and the free folk inhabiting those lands usually barter for goods amongst themselves based upon the needs of the parties involved.The free folk have been known to trade with the brothers of the Night's Watch as well,[30] and smugglers, with whom they exchanging goods in the little coves on the eastern coast along the Shivering Sea. They take steel weapons and armor in return for furs, ivory, amber, and obsidian and have little use for coins. The Dothraki neither buy nor sell[32][33] and do not really comprehend it.[34] Buying and selling is considered to be unmanly.[35] Trade is allowed in the sacred city Vaes Dothrak, where, by the leave of the dosh khaleen, merchants and traders gather to exchange goods and gold,[35] though they mostly trade with the Dothraki themselves. Despite the common saying that Dothraki do not sell,[37][38] the Dothraki do sell their captives on occasion to the Slaver Cities.[39] They call these slaves “gifts”, and return receive gifts from the slavers.
[38] Giving and receiving gifts is the common way of Dothraki for doing trade.[33] However, giving a gift in return might not always occur immediately upon receiving a gift. Coins of the Free CitiesTop (left to right): Braavos, Pentos, Lys, Myr, TyroshBottom (left to right): Volantis (front and back), Norvos, Qohor, Lorath.Depicted by Nutchapol Thitinunthakorn in The World of Ice and Fire Each of the Nine Free Cities has its own bank, and some have more than one. The Iron Bank of Braavos is richer and more powerful than all the rest combined. For Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen, the three Slaver Cities located in Slaver's Bay, slaves are their main trade as well. Slaves are bred and trained to perform all the work of daily life. As such, the economy of these cities is based on this slave labor. In many of the Free Cities, slave trade is also a large part of the economy. The Free City of Lys, for example, is well-known for training bed slaves for pillow houses. The major exception is Braavos, where slavery is forbidden.
Each of these cities use their own coinage. It is unknown how they relate to one another in value. Braavosi use square iron coins, [42][43], while Lyseni coins are oval in shape and have a naked woman stamped on them.[42] Volantis employs honors, which are little coins no larger than a penny. These coins have a crown on one side, and a skull on the other.[44] From the Slaver Cities, Meereenese coins include honors,[32] while the Yunkai'i use golden marks which are stamped with a stepped pyramid on one side and the harpy of Ghis on the other.[45] Astapor uses silver marks. Other coins, for which no region is specified, have ships, elephants, or goats[47] depicted on them. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 14, Catelyn III. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 69, Bran VII. ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Feast for Crows, Prologue. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 20, Brienne IV.
↑ A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying. ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 17, Tyrion IV. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 62, Jaime VII. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 The Hedge Knight. ↑ So Spake Martin: Blackwoods-Brackens Feud and Coinage (August 13, 2003) ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 The Mystery Knight. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 16, Bran II. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 11, Theon I. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 56, The Iron Suitor. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 33, Jaime V. ↑ 20.0 20.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 20, Eddard IV. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 28, Cersei VI. ↑ So Spake Martin: Summerhall (June 19, 1999) ↑ Duncan the Tall initially had 2 stags (which equal 112 pennies) until he bought the tent. He only had twenty two pennies, three stars and one stag after that, which together equal 102 pennies.
This count assumes that currency rates have remained equal. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 37, Jaime V. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 44, Jaime VI. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Epilogue. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 32, Tyrion IV. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Prologue. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I. ↑ 33.0 33.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 71, Daenerys X. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII. ↑ 35.0 35.1 The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 54, Daenerys VI. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 50, Daenerys VIII. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 36, Daenerys VI.