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Commodity illustration: Gold dust

Category:Precious materials

Gold dust from Guinea

Standard price
950 pieces of eight for 10 kg
Surplus
900 pieces of eight
Scarcity
1,000 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.02 Tons

Equivalent to 47,500 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Gold dust consists of small grains and flakes of metal, unminted and ready to be weighed. A bright heap may catch the eye, but a balance determines how much gold is actually there.

It is used in trade and bought by goldsmiths. On the Gold Coast, Akan merchants weigh it with brass weights. Gathering and accumulating the grains brings them into trading networks long before they become jewellery or other worked objects. At the counter, the weights and scales are as important as the gold itself.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • La Révolte, p. 308.
  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 528, PDF pages 521.

Ludic RPG adaptations used on this page:

  • Compact goods sold by the 10 kg lot: bulk (house rule).

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.