Jefferson wrote:
> Andrew Janssen wrote:
> 
> 
>>Secundus, we assume that the government collects, on average, .5 gold 
>>imperials per taxpayer, 7.5 million imperials per year.
> 
> 
> That seems like an awful lot.  What is the purchasing power of a gold 
> imperial?  To put it another way, what are the wages or take home pay of a 
> professional baker (monthly or yearly)?
> 

It's an average, and a Wild-A$$ed-Guess to boot. Some people pay more, 
some pay less. But, you're right, it's probably high.

An imperial is .2 ounces of gold minted at 80 to the pound; the next 
lower denomination is the silver sedon, .32 oz. of silver per coin, or 
50 to the pound. Finally, you have the copper penny, minted at 100 to 
the pound, .16 oz. copper per coin. 1 imperial=10 sedons=100 pennies.

One coin that's minted, but not often seen, is the gold crown, a full 
ounce of gold, equal to 5 imperials.

To give an idea of buying power, a common laborer will earn at most 1/2 
an imperial in a year, or 40 pennies per month. Grain prices are 
typically 12 pennies per quarter-bushel on the open market.

Andrew
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