@Lawful Girly
Yeah, but how do you measure it? Straight? Diagonal? Around the bend? Here I’m relying on the scale given in >>395227. And these are surprisingly consistent results for a show that I’m guessing doesn’t have a codified scale sheet.
@Pathfinder
If gold’s so common, I would think it makes more sense that it’s the metal used in Equestrian money. Like copper’s pretty common on Earth so Americans use it in their money. Again, what I’m discussing here is how much a bit would be worth in USD, not within the Equestrian economy. Obviously 30,000 dollars is too much for a single cherry.
I am making the assumption that they’re pure gold. They could be an alloy. But a cartoon depiction of a shiny yellow coin typically represents solid gold, as a trope.
I’ve always headcannoned coins to be bronze or some alloy. Gold would be meaningless (like gems) in society, yet it still seems to be treated as royal metal.
@Lawful Girly
Yeah, this is trans-universe. I’m talking about Equestrian gold bits, assuming they’re pure gold, in terms of their worth in the American economy.
But you fail to take into account the supply of gold in Equestria as compared to RL. After all, even if it is apparently valuable enough to be minted as currency, jewels are so common that Rarity finds a lot on a casual stroll through the outskirts of Ponyville and dragons eat them by the bucket, so I think the mineral and ore distribution would be somewhat different.
