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Originally Posted by martinl

This is the central problem. If you want to get all "historical realism," the hoard of a centuries-old precious metal and gem obsessed chorine-spewing intelligent flying alligator will contain a bewildering array of coinage, jewelry, and misc bulk metal, a fair chunk of it adulterated, clipped, or mangled by centuries of neglect. Every single piece would need to be evaluated by some subset of merchants, alchemists, jewelers, and antiquarians to find its true value.

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And most DFRPG type delvers would melt all the precious metal down and sell the metal in bulk. Most aren't coin collectors.