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A role playing game set in 1700 Tortuga. Played through a forum and IRC channel.


    Financial (Glossary Resource)

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    Financial (Glossary Resource) Empty Financial (Glossary Resource)

    Post by Storyteller Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:59 pm

    booty
    Treasure.

    bounty
    Reward or payment, usually from a government, for the capture of a criminal, specifically a pirate.

    coffer
    A chest in which treasure is usually kept.

    doubloon
    A Spanish gold coin worth sixteen Pieces of Eight, or eight Escudos.

    Escudo
    A coin from Spain and Portugal worth two Pieces of Eight or sixteen Reals.

    loot
    Stolen goods; money.

    Pieces of Eight (or Peso de a Ocho)
    One-ounce, Spanish silver coins worth one Silver Peso or eight Reales, sometimes literally cut into eight pieces, each worth one Real.

    Real
    Formerly a Spanish coin and monetary unit that was popular in international trade

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