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	Latinum is a rare, silver-colored liquid metal that cannot be replicated. For everyday use, it is suspended inside gold (which is worthless to replicator-equipped species) to act as a solid carrying medium.		Latinum is a rare, silver-colored liquid metal that cannot be replicated. For everyday use, it is suspended inside gold (which is worthless to replicator-equipped species) to act as a solid carrying medium.

	== The Ferengi Standard System ===		== The Ferengi Standard System ==
	* '''100 Slips''' = 1 Strip		* '''100 Slips''' = 1 Strip
	* '''20 Strips''' = 1 Bar ''(or 2,000 Slips)''		* '''20 Strips''' = 1 Bar ''(or 2,000 Slips)''

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	=== Federation Credit Exchange Rate ===		=== Federation Credit Exchange Rate ===
	* '''1 Big Bar''' ≈ '''100,000 [[Federation]] Credits''' ~~''(DIS: "Short Treks: The Escape Artist").''~~		* '''1 Big Bar''' ≈ '''100,000 [[Federation]] Credits'''
	** ''Memory Beta Note:'' The Federation government officially established a floating exchange rate between Credits and Latinum specifically to encourage interstate commerce with non-member worlds.

	=== Foreign Currency Equivalents (Memory Beta) ===		=== Foreign Currency Equivalents (Memory Beta) ===
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	=== Slips (Pocket Change) ===		=== Slips (Pocket Change) ===
	''A single slip represents the absolute lowest ~~denomination—essentially a dollar bill or a couple of quarters~~.''		''A single slip represents the absolute lowest denomination.''

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	\| '''1 Bar''' \|\| Holosuite retirement \|\| Quark noted 1 Bar (plus a jeweled ring) was enough to "move into a holosuite and live there."		\| '''1 Bar''' \|\| Holosuite retirement \|\| Quark noted 1 Bar (plus a jeweled ring) was enough to "move into a holosuite and live there."
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	\| '''2 Bars''' \|\| Humanoid female (slave) \|\| Standard "scrap" resale value on the Orion black market ~~''(Memory Beta)''~~.		\| '''2 Bars''' \|\| Humanoid female (slave) \|\| Standard "scrap" resale value on the Orion black market.
	\|-		\|-
	\| '''5 Bars''' \|\| 100 gross stem bolts \|\| Wholesale asking price for 14,400 self-sealing stem bolts.		\| '''5 Bars''' \|\| 100 gross stem bolts \|\| Wholesale asking price for 14,400 self-sealing stem bolts.
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	\| '''100 Bricks''' ''(2,000 Bars)'' \|\| Morn's retirement fortune \|\| The liquid latinum extracted from Morn's second stomach.		\| '''100 Bricks''' ''(2,000 Bars)'' \|\| Morn's retirement fortune \|\| The liquid latinum extracted from Morn's second stomach.
	\|-		\|-
	\| '''3,000 Bars''' \|\| Crime lord title \|\| Cash bribe required to buy the title of ''Delbaj'' inside the Orion Syndicate ~~''(Memory Beta)''~~.		\| '''3,000 Bars''' \|\| Crime lord title \|\| Cash bribe required to buy the title of ''Delbaj'' inside the Orion Syndicate.
	\|-		\|-
	\| '''10,000 Bricks''' \|\| Interstellar fleet \|\| Down payment used by a government to buy a massive fleet of freighters ~~''(Memory Beta)''~~.		\| '''10,000 Bricks''' \|\| Interstellar fleet \|\| Down payment used by a government to buy a massive fleet of freighters.
	\|-		\|-
	\| '''2 Million Bars''' \|\| Planetary warp fuel deposit \|\| Payout earned by geologist Glav for selling a massive ''Calvinum'' deposit ~~''(Memory Beta)''~~.		\| '''2 Million Bars''' \|\| Planetary warp fuel deposit \|\| Payout earned by geologist Glav for selling a massive ''Calvinum'' deposit.
	\|-		\|-
	\| '''5 Billion Bars''' \|\| National treasury \|\| The entire planetary national treasury of the planet Sigma V ~~''(Memory Beta)''~~.		\| '''5 Billion Bars''' \|\| National treasury \|\| The entire planetary national treasury of the planet Sigma V.
	\|}		\|}

	== Summary of Macro-Economics ==		== Summary of Macro-Economics ==
	If you translate Latinum into a modern 21st-century Earth mindset ~~based on ''[[Star Trek]]'' canon~~:		If you translate Latinum into a modern 21st-century Earth mindset:

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	\| '''1 Brick''' \|\| $100,000 – $200,000 \|\| Buy a small private starship / purchase real estate		\| '''1 Brick''' \|\| $100,000 – $200,000 \|\| Buy a small private starship / purchase real estate
	\|}		\|}

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Latinum is a rare, silver-colored liquid metal that cannot be replicated. For everyday use, it is suspended inside gold (which is worthless to replicator-equipped species) to act as a solid carrying medium.

== The Ferengi Standard System ===
* '''100 Slips''' = 1 Strip
* '''20 Strips''' = 1 Bar ''(or 2,000 Slips)''
* '''20 Bars''' = 1 Brick ''(or 40,000 Slips)''

=== Federation Credit Exchange Rate ===
* '''1 Big Bar''' ≈ '''100,000 [[Federation]] Credits''' ''(DIS: "Short Treks: The Escape Artist").''
** ''Memory Beta Note:'' The Federation government officially established a floating exchange rate between Credits and Latinum specifically to encourage interstate commerce with non-member worlds.

=== Foreign Currency Equivalents (Memory Beta) ===
* '''Cardassian Drokna / Lek:''' The Cardassian Union issues gold-sealed latinum chits. Depending on the purity, one Drokna is worth anywhere from '''3 slips to ¼ of a bar'''. Because Cardassian molecular engineering is actually superior at containing liquid latinum, Ferengi banks jealously penalize them, accepting Cardassian tender at only '''85% of its true market weight'''.
* '''Klon Peags:''' A game wager currency. '''350 Klon Peags''' is roughly equivalent to '''80–90 bars''' of latinum.

== Buying Power ==

=== Slips (Pocket Change) ===
''A single slip represents the absolute lowest denomination—essentially a dollar bill or a couple of quarters.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Cost !! Item / Service Purchased !! Context / Notes
|-
| '''1 Slip''' || FCA waiting room fee || Cost to stand in the Ferengi Commerce Authority lobby, or to ask the receptionist one question.
|-
| '''2 Slips''' || Doctor's waiting room fee || Standard entry fee just to walk into the clinic of Dr. Orpax (elite Ferenginar physician).
|-
| '''3 Slips''' || FCA chair rental || Cost to rent a chair to sit down while waiting inside the FCA.
|-
| '''5 Slips''' || Casino table buy-in || Standard buy-in wager for a low-stakes table of Dabo or Tongo at Quark's Bar.
|}

=== Strips (Everyday Purchases) ===
''A strip is solid consumer spending money. Having a few strips in your pocket means you can eat well, buy clothes, or secure a night’s lodging.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Cost !! Item / Service Purchased !! Context / Notes
|-
| '''1 Strip''' || Premium drink / Holosuite || Cost of a glass of vintage ''Kanar'' or a high-end holosuite rental.
|-
| '''1 Strip, 15 Slips''' || Bajoran art sculpture || Winning auction price at Quark's for a rare Bajoran bronze/triptin sculpture.
|-
| '''2 Strips''' || Childhood pajamas || Price Rom negotiated to buy Nog's old pajamas at a souvenir auction.
|-
| '''5–10 Strips''' || Courier job / Tip || Respectable tip or standard fee for a short-haul smuggling/courier run on DS9.
|}

=== Bars (Major Wealth & Business) ===
''A single Bar represents serious money. A handful of bars is life-changing for a common citizen.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Cost !! Item / Service Purchased !! Context / Notes
|-
| '''1 Bar''' || Holosuite retirement || Quark noted 1 Bar (plus a jeweled ring) was enough to "move into a holosuite and live there."
|-
| '''2 Bars''' || Humanoid female (slave) || Standard "scrap" resale value on the Orion black market ''(Memory Beta)''.
|-
| '''5 Bars''' || 100 gross stem bolts || Wholesale asking price for 14,400 self-sealing stem bolts.
|-
| '''5 Bars''' || Mercenary prison break || Quark's estimate to hire "five Nausicaans, a fast ship, and very few questions."
|-
| '''5 Bars''' || Bar daily revenue || Average gross revenue generated by Quark's Bar on a really good business day.
|-
| '''5–30 Bars / wk''' || Underworld consultant || Scaling weekly salary for a high-level private underworld shipping consultant.
|-
| '''10 Bars''' || Finder's fee || An "overly generous" reward for locating a high-value missing person.
|-
| '''17 Bars, 3 Strips, 5 Slips''' || Ferengi life savings || The total accumulated life savings of Rom (an adult FCA technician) in 2372.
|-
| '''20 Bars''' || Desiccated Nagus remains || Standard price for one disk of the vacuum-desiccated remains of a famous Grand Nagus.
|-
| '''36 Bars''' || Gamma Quadrant artifact || Winning auction price for a historic, museum-grade Gamma Quadrant statue.
|-
| '''105 Bars''' || Gem-studded dagger || Price of a unique alien dagger from the Gamma Quadrant.
|-
| '''189 Bars''' || Planetary grain shipment || Total market cost for a massive planetary bulk shipment of Kohlanese barley.
|-
| '''199 Bars''' || Magical rings || Price Ashrock paid to buy 42 ancient "Rings of Paltriss".
|-
| '''500 Bars''' || Quark's remains || Fortune Liquidator Brunt paid for Quark's future desiccated remains.
|}

=== Bricks & Mega-Wealth ===
''Bricks are used exclusively for institutional banking, planetary GDPs, and syndicate warlords.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Cost !! Item / Service Purchased !! Context / Notes
|-
| '''100 Bricks''' ''(2,000 Bars)'' || Morn's retirement fortune || The liquid latinum extracted from Morn's second stomach.
|-
| '''3,000 Bars''' || Crime lord title || Cash bribe required to buy the title of ''Delbaj'' inside the Orion Syndicate ''(Memory Beta)''.
|-
| '''10,000 Bricks''' || Interstellar fleet || Down payment used by a government to buy a massive fleet of freighters ''(Memory Beta)''.
|-
| '''2 Million Bars''' || Planetary warp fuel deposit || Payout earned by geologist Glav for selling a massive ''Calvinum'' deposit ''(Memory Beta)''.
|-
| '''5 Billion Bars''' || National treasury || The entire planetary national treasury of the planet Sigma V ''(Memory Beta)''.
|}

== Summary of Macro-Economics ==
If you translate Latinum into a modern 21st-century Earth mindset based on ''[[Star Trek]]'' canon:

{| class="wikitable"
! Denomination !! Estimated 21st-Century USD !! Real-World Purchasing Equivalent
|-
| '''1 Slip''' || $2 – $5 || Buy a soda / pay a petty toll
|-
| '''1 Strip''' || $200 – $500 || Buy dinner for four / get a nice hotel room
|-
| '''1 Bar''' || $5,000 – $10,000 || Buy a used car / hire a hitman / live for a few months
|-
| '''1 Brick''' || $100,000 – $200,000 || Buy a small private starship / purchase real estate
|}