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SOCIETY
Economy
Currency
The currency of Wyster is the Craem (gen. dual
Creamo; gen. plural Creum). There are six
coins (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50) and six bank notes
(100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000).
Craem means 'bronze' and relates to the
existence several centuries ago of the higher value
coins of Gaers ('silver') and Purt ('gold').
When the Wystrian currency system was standardised in
the 19th century and blended metals were starting to be
used for the production of coins instead of the pure
original ones, it was decided to settle for the name
Craem as that was the currency with which people
were the most familiar.
The current division has been in place since the financial
reform of 1987 that saw the final abolition of the
subdivision of the Craem in 100 Streum (gen. dual
Stròmo; gen. plural Strim). Streum
was a contraction of Hast Rum = '100 pieces';
the 1, 5, and 10 Streum coins had already been abolished
since 1944, leaving only the 25 and 50 Streum that were
less and less frequently used.
Transport
Image sources and attributions
In the banknote (own work):
- Gracchus_Babeuf.jpg | By Illegible - Léonard Gallois, Histoire des journaux et des journalistes de la révolution française, Paris, Bureau de la Société de l'industrie fraternelle, 1846, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4323629
- Hibiscus liliiflorus1.jpg | By I, KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4248582
- Silver shield with golden crown.svg | By Own work - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32952824
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