What follows is an attempt to give some sense to value, the dominant forms of value exchange and the types of currency in which wealth was extracted. There is wide disagreement between my numerous sources, so this is only a very rough guide that I wouldn't encourage being taken as historical truth (though in many instances I think we are probably close to the reality) but should serve for game purposes. ell = standard measurement of cloth or wool somewhere around 2-3 foot long* a "hundred" = actually 120 ells of homespun wool ounce = 1/16 pound pound (weight) = 2.2 per kilo mark (of either silver or gold) = usually 8 ounces pound (money, English) = 40 shillings = 3 marks 12 pennies (English) = 1 shilling** 1 ounce of gold = 8 ounces of silver 120 ells = 8 sheep (or 1 and 1/4 milking cows) milch (milking) cow = 6 sheep 1 sheep = 10 pennies 1 cow = 5 shillings = 60 pennies 120 ells = 80 pennies * (though I believe the measurement is derived from the swedish word for the distance between wrist and inside elbow, much as foot is derived from heel to middle toe). ** some sources believe it was more like 5-8 pennies per shilling, the dozen coming along only at a much later time in history