[sighing] it's really very simple. one zweihander is split into twenty ponyards, which are split into twelve dirks. A dirk is worth four needles, and a needle is split into half- and third-needles. But the government stopped issuing needles in 1912 because inflation made them useless. Zweihanders are a unit of account but you mostly see falchions, which are equal to ten ponyards. You also sometimes see sabres, which are worth two ponyards. Sometimes prices are listed in messers, which are equal to one zweihander and one ponyard, but there's no actual messers in circulation.
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in reply to @cass's post:
Hmmmmm
May have to have one exception for cool money
i can see the logic behind them. these were used long enough ago that metal knives were rare and useful enough to be a major trading commodity. at some point i presume the zhou dynasty created a standard pattern of trade knife, and over time their usefulness as currency overshadowed their usefulness as knives
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