Old Socorran Kromer
Old Kromer | |
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Kromer | |
Denominations | |
Subunit | |
1⁄100 | Pfennig |
Plural | Kromer |
Pfennig | Pfennigs |
Symbol | ☆ |
Pfennig | |
Nickname | Stars, Ironbacks, blues taus (contemporary, in reference to value in New Kromer) |
Banknotes | |
Freq. used | 100☆, 500☆, 1,000☆, 2,000☆, 5,000☆, 10,000☆, 20,000☆ |
Rarely used | 1☆, 5☆, 10☆, 20☆, 50☆, 200☆, 50,000☆ |
Coins | |
Freq. used | 5☆, 10☆, 20☆, 50☆, 100☆ |
Rarely used | 10 |
Demographics | |
Date of introduction | 2021 |
Replaced by | New Kromer |
User(s) | None, formerly; Socorro |
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. |
The Old Socorran Kromer was the currency of the Despotate of Socorro. Despite being replaced with the New Socorran kromer in 2022, they will remain transferable to New Kromer until 1/1/2024.
Etymology
The name "Kromer" is in reference to deltarune chapter 2, more specifically Spamton G. Spamton who repeatedly refers to money as "Kromer"
Units
The pfennig is a former subdivision of the German Mark.
History
The Old Kromer was introduced in 2021 as part of the school project that resulted in the Despotate of Socorro it was originally tied to the value of iron in ounces. this was due to iron being a "practical" medal as opposed to medals like gold or silver, the value of witch are mostly symbolic. In 2022 this policy was abandoned due to the low value of the currency.
Coins
The old Kromer coins were never manufactured as Socorro did not have the means to create coins though there were planned designs.
Coins | |||||||
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Denomonation | Value in new Kromer | Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Thickness | composition | edge |
10 |
10c |
Four Pointed star | Value | Aluminum | Smooth Ring | ||
20 |
20c |
knotwork | |||||
50 |
50c |
geometric design | Smooth | ||||
1☆ | 1ŧ | Value in Roman numerals | |||||
2☆ | 2ŧ | ||||||
5☆ | 5ŧ | Copper | |||||
10☆ | 1p | Milled | |||||
20☆ | 2p | Nickel | |||||
50☆ | 5p | Seal of Socorro | |||||
100☆ | 1D | Nada I | Brass | Земља, слобода, Мир и Хлеб |
Banknotes
The Banknotes of the old Kromer were manufactured with a laser printer.
The Old Kromer consisted of two distinct series of banknotes, of these the first issue 5☆ note and second issue 50☆ note are of known design, it is likely that the second series did not include notes lower than 50☆
First issue
Second issue
Value
The old Kromer was valued at one troy ounce of pure iron however as this resulted in an incredibly low valued currency it was redenominated in 2022 as new kromer which dropped 3 zeros from the denomination.
Exchange rates
unit | USD | GBP | EUR | JPY | CAD | TWD | RUB | INR | INR |
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main | $0.0025 | £0.0019 | €0.00228 | ¥0.28705 | CA$0.00318 | NT$0.07035 | ₽0.31 | ₹0.19108 | Rls 105.66 |
smallest subdivision | 2.5₥ | 0.19p | 0.228c | 287.05 Rin | 0.318¢ | 7.035分 | 31к | 19.108 paisas | 10,566 dinars |
unit | MQD | BDD | SCR | A£ | MC$ | YPD | SRG |
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main | ℳ0.00180505415 | Đ0.0025 | ☆0.001 | £0.00146 | MC$0.0025 | y$0.00962 | 0.036101083/≈ |
smallest subdivision | 1.732851984 poluskas | 2.5 | 1ŧ | 0.292ſ | 2.5₥ | 9.62₥ | 0.433212996p |
Legal status
The Old Kromer was only officially used in the Despotate of Socorro at the time of it's replacement.