Wildling No. 271 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 First new thread on the forums here, just finished the first book. Isn't 20,000 dragons for winning the Hand's tourney a ton of money? If one dragon is enough to send smallfolks bending over backwards to get Tyrion a room at the Crossroads, and 64 silvers to 64 slaves is unheard of, isn't 20,000 dragons a complete fortune? If I were Sandor, I'd consider that full comeuppance for his terrible family issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roose is Azor Ahai Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I've thought about that too. If 1 gold dragon is considered as lots of money, that must mean the fortune that Sandor won is one hell of a prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Suburbs Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 And Anguy won, what, 10k for winning the archery tournament and the blew it all on wine and women? Not likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevasTra82 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well, 1 Dragon is worth 11,760 Pennies. Now assuming that a Westeros Penny is the equivalent to an American Penny, then 1 Dragon would be approx 118 dollars. 20,000 Dragons would then be equal to 2,360,000 dollars. So about 2.4 million dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The only good answer to this question is to simply not try to convert Os (or Planetos, if you prefer) currencies and values to our own. That way lies madness! (but I just did it anyway...) I just looked at the Wiki and it says prices skyrocketed during the War of the Five Kings such that a bushel of corn cost 1 silver stag. Well, then I looked up the current price of a bushel of corn in US dollars and it is $4.38. So, if $4.38 = 1 silver stag and a golden dragon = 210 silver stags then a golden dragon is equivalent to $919.80 US dollars (strangely, I just calculated from one site that an average side of beef cost exactly $919.75, as well, and the Wiki said a side of beef cost one golden dragon so that's interesting support or maybe just coincidence). But, anyway, that means 20,000 golden dragons = $18,396,000 current US dollars! :eek: So, um, yeah, I could see maybe a second prize equivalent to about $18,000 US but not $18 million! :dunno: And it boggles the mind to think that, before the inflation caused by the War of the Five Kings, Sandor's prize was worth even more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreign675 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 The only good answer to this question is to simply not try to convert Os (or Planetos, if you prefer) currencies and values to our own. That way lies madness! (but I just did it anyway...) I just looked at the Wiki and it says prices skyrocketed during the War of the Five Kings such that a bushel of corn cost 1 silver stag. Well, then I looked up the current price of a bushel of corn in US dollars and it is $4.38. So, if $4.38 = 1 silver stag and a golden dragon = 210 silver stags then a golden dragon is equivalent to $919.80 US dollars (strangely, I just calculated from one site that an average side of beef cost exactly $919.75, as well, and the Wiki said a side of beef cost one golden dragon so that's interesting support or maybe just coincidence). But, anyway, that means 20,000 golden dragons = $18,396,000 current US dollars! :eek: So, um, yeah, I could see maybe a second prize equivalent to about $18,000 US but not $18 million! :dunno: And it boggles the mind to think that, before the inflation caused by the War of the Five Kings, Sandor's prize was worth even more! Well, there are TV shows who grant million of dollars to the winners.. the tournament is the Westerosy equivalent of those shows. What's really 'crazier' is that since their money is actually 'gold' and not pieces of paper, it is actually much more valuable than that. The gold itself, in weight, is huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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