During the height of the Third Age, the Dwarves minted precious metals and fixed their weight to size ratio. The "Piece" comes in copper, silver, gold and platinum denominations. Most are poorly refined.
Once the currency of all Erenth, the piece is valued by some for its ability to be reduced to simple bars of base metal. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, the piece has been phased out by the kingdoms of men. It remains a telltale sign of the adventurer, freebooter or mercenary.
No matter what sort of piece is used there are 50 to the pound.
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