11-05-2019, 09:35 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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Price multiplier
Random American prices convert best to Cidri through the silver ratio.
One hundredth of a pound of silver (A $1 coin in TFT) is worth around three USD at the moment so divide American prices for goods by three. Note that our economy differs so the cost ratio for services is around five USD per silver coin. Also our current Gold market is off. Cidri must be swimming in gold to have a ten to one value ratio to silver. Inflating $1 USD/1980 gets to $3.12 USD/2019 so again a multiplier of around three holds.
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11-05-2019, 02:19 PM | #2 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: Price multiplier
Cidri $ are not 1980 $. Original 1980 ITL wrote that $ might in some cases thought to be worth a dollar "back when a dollar was worth something" compared to a 1980 perspective. So, notably more than that.
I have no idea why anyone would think to compare the 2019 Earth price of a literal pound of silver except as a curiosity. And yes, the economy in 2019 Earth is of course probably almost entirely different from Cidri economies for countless reasons. Even when looking at relative prices for some type of goods that exist in both worlds, just considering how they are produced and brought to market in each world would mostly be extremely different. I guess if one has no other notion of how to derive a price, and/or doesn't care, one can always make up some exchange rates compared to current Earth prices, but I wouldn't try to wrap it up as accurate, or having solid logical reasons other than convenience. |
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