Socorran kromer

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New Kromer
Half Kromer Reverse, showing Socorro mocking bird
Denominations
Subunit
 ​110Del
 ​1100Pfennig
 ​11,000Tau
PluralKromer
 DelDels
 PfennigPfennigs
 TauTaus
Symbol
 DelD
 Pfennigp
 Tauŧ
NicknameStars, Ironbacks, birds
Banknotes
 Freq. used☆½, ☆1, ☆2, ☆5, ☆10, ☆20
 Rarely used☆50, ☆100
Coins
 Freq. used5p, 1D, 2D, 5D
 Rarely used5ŧ, 1p, 2p, 3p, 3D, ☆1
Demographics
Date of introduction2022
ReplacedOld Kromer
User(s) Socorro

The Socorran Kromer is the currency of the Despotate of Socorro. It was originally created in 2021, and it's current form was created in 2022.

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 del is danish for part, The pfennig is a former subdivision of the German Mark, the Tau is from Germanic Tausend for thousand the number of Taus in a Kromer

Conversion Pfennigs

Conversion Pfennigs (equal to ☆0.00001, or 0.01ŧ) were a unit of account used in the transition from the old to new Kromer, being worth one old pfennig. They were officially abolished on 1/1/2024, with the total demonetization of Old Kromer.

History

First Kromer

The first 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☆

The Socorran 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.

Redenomonation

In early 2022 the Kromer dropped 3 zeros as one the exchange rate at the time was one Kromer to 0.0025USD. The first Kromer used the code SCK while the new kromer uses SCR.

Naming convention

while the new kromer is officially named as such, no banknotes bear this distinction. In stead new and old kromer are distinguished by placement of the currency sign with old being written as x☆ while new is ☆x.

Coins

The Kromer coins currently only exists legally as Socorro currently does not have the means to create coins though there are planned designs.

New Coins
Denomonation Obverse Reverse Diameter Thickness composition edge
Interior Exterior
Pleter Crown over hole and wheat 40pt 3pt aluminium Smoth ring
1p Nada I cornucopia 45pt 3.5pt copper Smoth
2p Star 50pt 4pt
3p Mountain 52pt 4pt nickel milled
5p Owl on a branch 55pt 5pt
1D War flag 60pt 5.5pt spanish flower
3D Blacksmith 63pt 5.5pt nordic gold nickel milled
5D Coastline 65pt 6pt nickel nordic gold
☆1 Seal 1in 6pt Nordic gold Milled Pentadecagon

Banknotes

The Banknotes of the Kromer are manufactured with a laser printer.

Current Issue
Image value Dimensions Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Printing Issue
☆½ 6×3in white Nada I Socorro Mocking Bird
☆1 6×3in blue Nada I Socorro Island tree lizard
☆2 6×3in rust red Nada I Socorro towhee
☆5 6×3in yellow Nada I Socorro tropical parula
☆10 6×3in orange Nada I Socorro yellow-crowned night heron
☆20 6×3in purple Nada I Socorro parakeet
☆50 6×3in copper oxide Nada I Socorro wren
☆100 6×3in teal Nada I Socorro dove

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

Year w:United States USD w:United Kingdom GBP w:European Union EUR w:Japan JPY w:Canada CAD w:Taiwan TWD w:Russia RUB w:India INR
2024 $2.48 £1.88 €2.25 ¥284.47 CA$3.15 NT$69.72 ₽307.21 ₹189.36
Year Marquette MQD Badis BDD Socorro SCR AA£ EIŦ YPD SR/≈
2024 ℳ1.81 Đ2.58 ☆1.12 £1.61 Ŧ7.22 Y$11.58 36.1/≈

Legal status

The Kromer is currently only officially used in the Despotate of Socorro

See also