Talk:Lady Boyle/@comment-74.102.81.185-20130301120858/@comment-27202257-20130303043622

What 8-Bit said. Just because we know what something is worth in their coin, doesn't mean we can discern how their currency works. For instance, the Boyle Cameo is worth 150 coin. Aristocratic NPCs in the game talk about how the Boyle Cameo is very valuable. However, that doesn't tell us how "valuable" it is in a way that is actually helpful. Is it valuable the way something worth $1,000 is, or the way something worth $10,000 is? Knowing the price of the smaller items isn't particularly helpful either, because we don't know how they are priced compared to common goods. If we knew, say, the price of bread or eggs in coin, that would be a lot more helpful. Still, there are inflation and geographical factors to consider when determining price, among a myriad of others. That's not even taking into account that Dunwall is almost certainly suffering an economic depression, so the value of a coin (as well as the luxury items we see, such as cameos and cigarette cases) is likely less than it would be in more stable times, further confusing the matter.

Basically, the issue of currency really is too complicated to discern from the price of the few items we see.