CURRENCY
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The Somerish currency is the Rose (  ). This is divided into
2 Corne (sing. Coren), in turn divided into 2
Ferthings. A Ferthing equals 2½ Teithen ('), each Teithe is divided into 4 Pennies (p., p or in
isolated cases "). Each penny is divided into 4 Bannocks. Thus
1 Rose = 2 Corne = 4 Ferthings = 10 Teithen = 40 Pennies = 160 Bannocks
When amounts are written the most common ways is this, e.g. 3 rosen, 8 teithen and 1 penny = 3/8 or 3/8'1. When the amount doesn't
include pennies the sign ' for teithen is usually omitted, thus e.g. 3/8. If teithen are not included it is
usually written thus, 3/ , 3/-'2 or simply 3/'2. When only
rosen are included in the amount it is usually written, e.g. 3/- or 3. When the amount does not include
rosen there are also a few ways of writing, like -/8 or -/8'3 (or just 8'3). A coren is usually written -/5, or 5' and a ferthing -/2'2 or 2 but these amounts are almost invariably referred to as a coren and a ferthing.
There are discussions about abandoning the bannock but it will probably last for a good while yet. When including it in writing it's placed after the penny as a single quote mark for each bannock, thus 3 rosen, 5 teithen, 2 pennies and 2 bannocks = 3/5''. If the penny is excluded it's replaced by a hyphen, (NB! Without the usual quote mark used for teithen!!) 3/5-''.
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