21 Points (2003)
> x dull metal coin (@ Canyon)
A dull metal coin. It doesn't appear to be worth much. On one face is an image of a man in a wig; on the other, an image of a domed mansion.
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21 Points (2003)
> x dull metal coin (@ Canyon)
A dull metal coin. It doesn't appear to be worth much. On one face is an image of a man in a wig; on the other, an image of a domed mansion.
Alcohol solves everything (2007)
> x coins (@ First Floor Corridor)
Numerous coins, of various denominations, are scattered all over the place. Another of tufty's slightly annoying habits: they are bound to be found in every room of the house. Not that you would care.
The Apprentice (2006)
> x coin (@ In the cottage)
It`s a small and thin gold coin.
Arborea (2022)
> x coin (@ Himalayan Simulation Room)
It doesn't come from any country you recognise. The "head" on one side has a load of tentacles growing out from around its mouth, and the "tail" on the other is literally a tail with a barbed end.
Art D's Third Batch Adventure (1997)
> examine coin (@ Cluttered office)
On the face of the coin is stamped a picture of the king (smiling) and the motto 'Zingem Bingem Nub.' On the reverse is stamped a finely detailed depiction of his castle.
Arthur Yahtzee: The Curse of Hell's Cheesecake (2000)
> x token (@ Garden of Eden)
It's a small rubber disc with a picture of a boat on it.
The Ascent of the Gothic Tower (2014)
> x quarter (@ Entrance 17)
On one side, George Washington's head. On the other, that big angry eagle.
> x nickel (@ First Floor Hallway)
Nickels really are larger than they have any right to be.
ASCII and the Argonauts (2003)
> x silver coin (@ MOUSE HOLE)
VERY SHINY!
Balances (1994)
> x silver coin (@ Ramshackle Hut)
A round unstamped disc, presumably part of the local currency.
Bears, Bears, Bears (2001)
> x quarter (@ West End of Hallway)
An American coin worth twenty-five cents.
A Beauty Cold and Austere (2017)
> x old coins (@ Great Hall)
This is a huge pile of coins. You wonder if the Count knows exactly how many there are. He probably does.
> x old coin (@ Great Hall)
This old coin is of eastern European origin. It is probably quite valuable.
Beet the Devil (2011)
> x coins (@ Treasure Room)
You couldn't spend one of these at the grocer's, but you bet the bank could figure out what to do with it real fast.
Beneath: a Transformation (2007)
> x nickel (@ Library Steps)
This coin is worth five cents.
> x dime (@ Library Steps)
This coin is worth ten cents.
> x fifty cent piece (@ Library Steps)
This large coin is worth fifty cents.
Berrost's Challenge (2008)
> x flooglemid (@ Village Square)
The silver coin displays the face of Duke Floogle as seen in profile on one side. The Duke's heraldry is stampled on the other side, featuring a grinning ferret.
The Bible Retold: The Bread and the Fishes (2006)
> x coin (@ The Shore of Galilee)
Shiny and silver, this is the coin that your Father gave you. Spend it well.
Birmingham IV (2018)
> x penny (@ Kitchen)
A very worn copper coin - it is difficult to tell which King is on the obverse - possibly good King Charles.
> x shilling (@ Sunken Lane (East))
A shilling of Queen Elizabeth.
> x dirham (@ By the Statue)
Old and discoloured. Andalusian, probably.
> x dobla (@ By the Pool)
A large gold coin, with a picture of a knight on the obverse, and the reverse quartered, with two lions rampant and two castles.
> x daric (@ By the Statue of Pan)
A small gold object - a coin perhaps? It has a picture of a warrior with a spear and bow on one side - the other side has just a rough indentation, of which the Phil can make no sense.
> x diobol (@ By the Tuscan Arch)
A bronze coin, worth two obols of anyone's money. It shows a wheel on the reverse, and - ever enigmatic - a Corinthian helmet on the obverse.
Birth of Mind (2011)
> x copper coin (@ In the Mist)
A tiny copper coin, blank on one side and stamped with a thorn on the other.
The Blue Lettuce (2021)
> x penny (@ Your Burrow)
It's very shiny. You have heard that people drop pennies like this in water to make wishes come true.
Bobby and Bonnie (2017)
> x silver coin (@ At Well)
A silver coin with the picture of a carrot on it.
> x gold doubloon (@ Attic)
A large gold coin with a picture of two dragons on it.
> x copper piece (@ Cosy Cottage)
A small copper coin with a picture of a rabbit on it.
The Bony King of Nowhere (2017)
> x coins (@ Merry Jack's Inn)
Three silver 1 zilch coins, the currency of Nowhere. They have a portrait of the skeletal 'Bony' King on the obverse and an Axe on the other side. Inscribed around the edge it reads, "Quidquid latinae dictum set, altrum sonar "
Bullhockey 2: The Return of The Leather Whip (2019)
> x nicked quarter (@ Living Room)
This is a quarter dated 1999. There is a bit of a nick on the edge of it. Old George looks irritated by that fact.
> x greasy quarter (@ Parking Lot)
This quarter is from 1988. It's covered with dirt and oily film. It was probably the change from a previous purchase of one of your triple-decker cheeseburgers. George looks disgusted.
> x battered quarter (@ Coin Laundry)
It really looks like it's been through the wringer, all scratched up and scuffed. George thought the war was better than this.
Cacophony (2009)
> x coins (@ Garden)
You can't make them out very well through the water.
Campus Invaders (2022)
> x coin (@ Classroom)
You can use it to get something at the vending machine if you like.
Captain Cutter's Treasure (2021)
> x silver coins (@ Warehouse Attic)
There's a fortune in Spanish dollars (or pieces-of-eight).
Casino Viridoso V (2003)
> x shiny coin (@ Casino Main Room)
It's pitch black.
Channel Surfing (2008)
> x coins (@ fire pit)
The Chinese Room (2007)
> x coin (@ Pavement Café)
Golden and round, it's a shiny pound!
> x piece (@ Pavement Café)
Neither so shiny nor so round as the pound, yet money nonetheless.
A Christmas Game (2016)
> x pound coin (@ The Cross Keys Inn)
A pound coin, Queen's head on one side, and a Thistle and Royal Diadem on the other. Inscribed around the edge it reads "NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT"
Cragne Manor (2018)
> x flattened penny (@ Milkweed)
A ruined penny, left on the tracks and flattened by a train. The damage to the coin has obscured and swollen Lincoln's head, giving him the appearance of an effaced carving of a bulbous king on a blasphemous onyx obelisk forgotten to history.
> x quarter (@ Under the Bridge)
An ancient, discolored, battle-scarred US quarter, still proudly worth 25 cents. While the tail features a bald eagle, the George Washington profile on the head side has been... damaged.
> x bronze coin (@ Railway Platform)
A tarnished circle of bronze. The heads side depicts a misshapen figure with what look like tentacles. The tails side has a strange glyph which seems to shift as you look at it, but looks almost like an R fused with a V. Or maybe a J fused with a P? No, it's definitely an R fused with a V.
Dawn of the Demon (2005)
> x Zn coin (@ Inside the Hut)
A shiny, one Zoon coin. On one side of the coin is a fat-looking bird. On the other side is what looks like a rendering of the Westlands, but it is too tiny to read.
[if first time, add:]
Note: Zorkmids won't be minted until
several hundred years in the future.
But since some habits are hard to break,
you can call these "Zorkmids" if you like.
> x coins (@ Garden)
The coins appear to be Zoons of all kinds of denominations.
People throw them in to make a wish, but it is extremely bad luck to take coins from such a pool. I'm not kidding.
The Day I saved Elvis (2011)
> x copper coin (@ cell)
As you touch the coin, you remember two things, 1) Seeing No country for old men in the cinema with Paul (he didn't like it) 2) some school experiment. Something about electricity.
Dr Horror's House of Terror (2021)
> x coin (@ The Den of the Beast)
The silver coin is huge! On one side is stamped the worn head of a queen. On the other, it says "One Groat".
> x coins (@ The Slaughtered Calf)
The small silver coins are of all denominations. They're all stamped on the back with a tiny queen's head.
Dutch Dapper IV: The Final Voyage (2002)
> x zarble (@ Pawn shop)
It is a square coin with the face of prince Billiam van Purple on one side.
Easter Egg Hunt 2020 (2020)
> x gold coin (@ Inside Cave)
A round unstamped disc, presumably part of the local currency.
Escape from the Arboretum (2002)
> x coin (@ living room)
The coin is a single monetary unit of the realm. It has no fixed denomination.
This is known in legends as moocho money and copious coinage (amongst other
things), call it what you will it makes the world go around and you probably
never have enough in your vacinity.
Escape From the Mechanical Bathhouse (2020)
> x coin (@ Changing Room)
It is a dubloon-sized silver coin, bearing a cogwheel motif one one side and some undeciperhable writing on the other.
Escape from the Underworld (2008)
> x coin (@ Staff room)
One Underworld silver piece
Everybody Loves a Parade (1997)
> x one-dollar coin (@ Move-It Van)
You can't believe your luck! It's a Susan B. Anthony one-dollar coin, minted in 1979. Probably worth a lot of money. If only you could find a collector...
Excelsior (2014)
> x gold coin (@ Statue Chamber)
The coin is blank, really just a small gold disk.
Eye of the Inca (1992)
> examine coins (@ Treasure chamber)
These are gold Spanish coins. Apparently, they were taken as loot from some ill-fated Spanish expedition that crossed paths with the Incan civilization.
The First Snows of Winter (2013)
> x token (@ Heliographer's Guild Office)
This small gold token is inscribed with the insignia of the Heliographer's Guild.
FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room (2007)
> x token (@ Convention Hall)
Etched into the coin are the words "One Play."
Frobozz Magic Support (1996)
> x gold zorkmid (@ Chasm, on the bridge)
It's a gold coin, stamped with the words "One Zorkmid" and the likeness of Entharion the Wise, First King of Quendor.
> x iron disk (@ Dead end)
It's a thin disk of iron about the size of a zorkmid coin, stamped with the words "zm1 Credit Refund, Not Exchangeable for Cash".
further (2013)
> x jaundiced penny (@ Alcove)
Galaxy Jones (2023)
> x coin (@ The Southwest Corner Of The Ground Floor)
A one-Areo coin, with Ares on the front and the Viking 2 lander on the back.
Ghost Train (2003)
> x coin (@ Signal Box)
An 1890 half-crown coin.
Guttersnipe: Carnival of Regrets (2017)
> x penny (@ Mail room)
It's a bright shiny penny, worth 1 cent American.
Hercules! (2021)
> x coin (@ Labyrinth)
An ancient coin from the Underworld, made of onyx.
The Holy Grail (1989)
> x coin (@ Cubical Cell)
Engraved on one face of the coin is the text - "100 Splendrups."
The House of Mystery (2018)
> x coin (@ Backyard)
A gold coin that has writing inscribed on it saying, "I need light to grow big and strong."
In a Tomb with a Donkey (2023)
> x coins (@ Crumbling Room)
The King's Ball (2023)
> x coin (@ Town Square)
It's a roughly-cast silver coin with the king's head stamped on one side and the royal crest on the other.
The Legend of Horse Girl (2022)
> x coin (@ Path)
Little Green Robbing Hood (2006)
> x copper coin (@ Path (near the forest's edge))
Some luckless traveler will not be able to buy food and lodging for the night, but now you can. Yay money!
> x silver coin (@ Path (deep in the forest))
Silver! This is so much better than those lame copper coins. About 10 times better.
> x electrum coin (@ Side path (deep in the forest))
You're not even sure what electrum is, and you were pretty certain they didn't make coins out of it. But your innate greed-sense tells you that it might be worth as much as half a gold piece in a favorable market.
> x gold coin (@ Completely lost)
When you find gold, you know you're doing something right. It's a plain unadorned disc, which seems somehow appropriate. Gold should just be gold.
> x platinum coin (@ Forest clearing)
Damn. Platinum. You need to roll double zeroes on a monster-encounter table to get this stuff.
Lydia's Heart (2007)
> x coin (@ Abandoned Nursery)
The gold coin is about the size of a silver dollar. It has a striding Goddess of Liberty on the front, and an eagle flying across a rising sun on the reverse. It’s dated 1907.
Mean Mother Trucker (2021)
> x quarter (@ Lounge)
It's worth a whole 25 cents American.
The Mouse Who Woke Up For Christmas (2018)
> x coin (@ Vegetable Patch)
Music Education (1999)
> x quarter (@ Hardly's)
The quarter is engraved with the image of George Washington, the father of our country.
MythTale (2002)
> x coins (@ On the road to Iolkos)
This is the last remains of your money. It will support you for a short while, but if you find no other income you will be as poor as the beggar you appear to be before the month is out. You will need to be cautious in your spending, and you will need to decide on your future.
Not Much Time (2002)
> x penny (@ Auntie's Bedroom)
This is no ordinary penny. It seems to be of Translyvanian origin. It is made of copper and has a carving of a vampire on its face. There is an inscription reading, 'To gain in wealth, is to lose in life.' on its back. The coin itself is about an inch and two quarters in diamter. It is probably not worth much in today's economy.
Old King Nebb (2020)
> x gold coin (@ Statuary Yard)
On one side of the coin is a sickle, on the other a glowering king with square-cut beard.
On the Farm (1999)
> x buffalo nickel (@ Hay Loft)
The buffalo nickel features an Indian head on one side and a buffalo on the reverse side.
Plane Walker (2021)
> x coin (@ Dungeon Lobby)
It seems to be made of wood, an odd material for a coin. The wood iridesces faintly as you turn it in your hand.
Porter Cave Adventure (2019)
> x penny (@ Penny Arcade)
A tarnished copper penny.
The Problems Compound (2015)
> x dreadful penny (@ Down Ground)
It has a relief of the Baiter Master on the front and back, with "TRUST A BRAIN" on the back. You hope it's worth more than you think it is.
Quest for the Magic Healing Plant (1995)
> x gold coin (@ Dark Cave)
A shiny new gold coin with a picture of a fountain on one side and some sort of plant on the other. It looks like it will come in handy.
The Quest of the Golden Banana (2004)
> x brassy object (@ Long Cave)
It turns out to be a coin. On the obverse is the head of King Freddie the Fat, and on the reverse is stamped ONE GROAT.
> x silver coin (@ Another Cave)
On the obverse is the head of Queen Fanny the Futile; the reverse is stamped with the words THREE FARTHINGS.
> x gold coin (@ Cellar beneath Temple)
It looks ancient. The only writing you can make out on it looks like OUECPACIANOC.
Rippled Flesh (1996)
> x old coin (@ Lobby)
A penny dated 1904.
> x new coin (@ Lobby)
A penny dated 1980.
A Scurvy of Wonders (2011)
> x doubloons (@ Money Cave)
The hillocks are alive, with the sound of money. As well as with the value of money.
Shades of Gray: An Adventure in Black and White (1992)
> x nickel (@ Gutter)
It is an American five-cent piece.
> x coins (@ Gladiators' Stadium)
They are just two denarii -- two old Roman coins.
> x gold coin (@ Treasury)
This coin is the sum total of all the taxes you have managed to collect this year. Well, that's not quite true. You had collected more, but it was all stolen by the outlaw Robin Hood and his gang of wolfsheads while your men were returning to the castle with it. This gold piece was all they left. The taxes were supposed to pay the armed men you kept here to protect the people of the countryside from ruffians such as Robin hood, and to protect the realm if called upon by King John. The King also takes a share himself. Too much, you often think, but he is the king, and that is the law.
Spellbreaker (1985)
> examine gold coin (@ Mountain Top)
This is a gold 500 zorkmid piece.
Tryst of Fate (1995)
> x coin (@ Vault)
The gold coin is relatively primitive, yet has a monetary feel about it. There is a crudely engraved figure with a mask riding a horse on the face. Beneath the figure is the inscription "1 Buck-a-Bin."
Under, In Erebus (2010)
> x butut (@ Heart of Darkness)
The distinctive arrangement of three peanuts on the reverse of this coin brings back memories from Introduction to Numismatics. It can only be a Gambian butut, [if you are enlarged] smaller than usual, of course [else if you are shrunk] larger than usual, of course [else] with the former President of Gambia on its obverse [end if].
> x litu (@ Heart of Darkness)
This coin has a mitre-wearing pope on one side, and a mounted knight with drawn sword on the other. Your knowledge from Introduction to Numismatics helps you to recognize it as a commemorative 10 litu coin from Lithuania [if you are enlarged], smaller than usual, of course [else if you are shrunk], larger than usual, of course [end if].
> x pul (@ Heart of Darkness)
Thankfully you took Introduction to Arabic as well as Introduction to Numismatics. The large "khamsun" denomination means "fifty" and the eagle-in-wheat identifies this coin as a 70's-era half-Afghani. [if you are enlarged] It's much smaller than usual, of course. [else if you are shrunk] It's much larger than usual, of course. [else] Nowadays it has only numismatic value, of course. [end if]
> x wedge coin (@ Heart of Darkness)
Your Introduction to Numismatics course allows you to identify this wedge-shaped bit of metal as one-eighth of an old Spanish dollar -- one of those 8-reales coins which became famous as "pieces of eight". [if you are enlarged] It's smaller than usual, of course. [else if you are shrunk] It's larger than usual, of course. [else] It's quite an interesting find. [end if]
Underground (2019)
> x coins (@ Chamber)
Many Golden Coins, they give off a soft glow.
The Untold Story (2019)
> x coin (@ The Heart of the Forest)
A finely made golden coin. On one side of the coin is a keg of beer with a circle around it. On the other side of the coin is a strange hairy creature. It's a Dwarf!
Vindaloo (1996)
> x pound coin (@ Bedroom)
It is an old pound coin dated 1987.
The Wand (2017)
> x coin (@ East Tower)
The silver disk looks like a very large coin.
> x gold coins (@ Vault)
The gold coins are stamped with the image of an oak tree.
> x silver coins (@ Vault)
The silver coins are stamped with the image of a swallow.
Waystation (1995)
> x coins (@ Pool)
You can't tell much about them, what with the rippling water and all.
Where There's A Will (2005)
> x nickel (@ Small Bedroom)
Golly, a whole nickel!
The Xylophoniad (2016)
> x money (@ Courtroom)
You have [number] obol[s] left. [one of] Not a fortune, but it'll get you through. [or] Tight, but you'll manage. [or] Better watch the pennies. [as appropriate]
Yesternight (2021)
> x coin (@ Road to the town)
This is gold coin that you've taken from home.
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