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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 5328139, member: 115909&quot;]Yeah they are English numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doesn’t it seem to you that 40,000 Gold Dragons is an insanely high reward for winning a jousting tournament?</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean most of the inhabitants of Westeros don’t even have a single Gold Dragon and do most of their trade in silver &amp; copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example when Arya &amp; The Hound are taken in by the farmer &amp; his daughter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Farmer says The Hound looks strong and asks him to work for him. The Hound asks “How much do you pay?” &amp; The Farmer replied: “We haven’t got much but I’ve got a bit of silver hidden away”.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me that indicates that most of the small folk only have a bit of silver &amp; copper saved up (if anything).</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve always considered a Gold Dragon to be a gold coin approximately equal to a $10 Gold Eagle. Or even a $5 Half Eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>But even if it’s a $5 Half Eagle 40,000 still seems ridiculously high.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think 40,000 Silver Stags would’ve made a lot more sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>40,000 silver stags would be approximately 2000 Gold Dragons for the winner which seems more realistic although still high. But that could be explained by Robert Baratheon extravagant spending.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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