The illustrated treasury.

Trade noteCarried only by bell-permit, and the bell-read at the gate is the tax it pays back. Off-permit, a bearer pays a 1 sp levy at any saddle-toll; a lantern carried twice through the bishop’s gate doubles the levy.

Trade noteSold by the firkin-side and traded for field-labor, never for silver. The Combine keeps the copper price flat by buying up every tally the inn puts up for sale; the tally depreciates the moment a miller’s apprentice can read it.

Trade noteThe Smithy names a price and holds it. Will not move for bishop or sheriff — will trade one for one, never for less. Bought under bell-write, never under-bid; the smith accepts nothing but coin he has named himself.

Trade notePotluck-day scrip, redeemable at the inn or traded to a passing outrider for road news. Burns at week’s end; the inn pays it back at half-tide clearance, never above. The Pilgrim-Plate keeps the price steady because the scrip is what the kitchen is paid in.

Trade noteOne ridge-toll voucher per year per merchant, spent at the saddle between The Quarried Vale and the Whitebarrows. Lost marks are replaced at the next bell-write, never sooner; the mark is named in the sheriff’s ledger before it is named in the merchant’s hand.

Trade noteBell-write tally, traded for kill-floor leads and never for silver. The Union keeps them coming because it keeps the price off the saddle; the bishop pays it back in limestone, which the quarry then prices four-deep.