![]() The exchange rate for bars-to-bricks is unknown, according to Memory Alpha. But before calling it a day let's look at bricks.īrick. Let's double it and assume $400 (making a strip $20 and a slip $0.20). From all this, it seems like $200 for 1 bar is maybe too low. Gaila offers Quark 10 million bars to stay in the weapons business. Grand Nagus Zek set the reward for returning Ishka at 50 bars. An average day's business in Quark's bar is about 5 bars. For 5 bars you can hire 5 Nausicaans and a ship to help you escape prison. Nog thinks he'll get 4 bars for selling 5,000 containers of yamok sauce. Does the buying power hold up? Quark pays 3 bars for the mixed wreckage of a starship. ![]() If a strip is $10 then that should make a bar about $200. From the context, it seems 1 strip is something on the order of about $10 (which would make 1 slip about 10 cents, exactly in line with what we'd expect.)īars. 2 strips was enough to buy Jadzia's freedom from a labor camp, and a starfleet uniform from Garak's shop cost 5 strips, while a nice women's dress costs 17 strips. 1 strip pays for a couple of spins on Quark's dabo wheel. These are probably less than $1 each in contemporary American money. 1 slip to enter someone's house, 3 slips to sit in a chair, 7 slips to use the elevator. People use them as tips for basic services. In order of value from smallest to largest there are slips, strips, bars, and bricks. Memory Alpha has a good list of where/when/how latinum is used in-universe. It's never overtly explained in DS9, but it's easily possible to glean a rough understanding of what each denomination buys you within the confines of the Trek universe, and to then mentally convert that buying power into an approximate value compared to real-life money. Not suitable for children under 5 years of age.Let's talk about the buying power of gold-pressed latinum. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - The products sold by Cyberia Online Systems may contain small parts. (For full details please visit Our Standard Disclaimer – Cyberia Online Systems) ![]() Product color may differ slightly from listing pictures due to filament availability. As an unavoidable consequence of the production process, all 3D printed products may show minor imperfections, seam lines, and minor gaps between parts. This item comes as a raw 3d printed product, that may need some post processing to achieve the desired aesthetic. Treasure them." (DS9: "Armageddon Game")ħ5th Rule of Acquisition: "Home is where the heart is but the stars are made of latinum." (DS9: "Civil Defense")ġ02nd Rule of Acquisition: "Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever." (DS9: "The Jem'Hadar")Ģ29th Rule of Acquisition: "Latinum lasts longer than lust." (DS9: "Ferengi Love Songs")Ģ63rd Rule of Acquisition: "Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum." (DS9: "Bar Association") ![]() (ENT: "Acquisition")ĥ7th Rule of Acquisition: "Good customers are as rare as latinum. Latinum was deeply ingrained in Ferengi culture, and was referenced in several of their Rules of Acquisition, with some dating back to a time prior to the mid-22nd century. (DS9: "Who Mourns for Morn?") Smuggling latinum was considered a crime by the Enolians. For ease of transaction, latinum was usually suspended within bits of gold as a binding medium to produce gold-pressed latinum. Latinum was a rare silver-colored liquid metal that was used as currency by the Ferengi Alliance, the Cardassians, and many other worlds. You will receive 4 pieces in the set, which denotes each of the major denominations of Ferengi currency. This is a 1:1 sized, 3D printed set of Ferengi Gold Pressed Latinum, printed in gold colored PLA filament. Gold Pressed Latinum Set of Ferengi Currency, From The TV Series Sci Fi Trek TNG ![]()
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