Basic Expert: Two examples of realistic wealth

The wealth of a Merchant House

When the Yodoya Merchant House had its assets seized by the Shogunate its assets were calculated thusly:

Valuables                                                        ryo                    gp (10gp/lb gold)
Storehouses of goods                                   730,000 ryo           241,630gp
21 Solid Gold Hens with 10 chicks            7,300 ryo               2,416.3gp
277 Large Junks (sailing vessels)               263,500 ryo           8,7218.5gp
150 gold leaf folding screens                     15,000 ryo             4,965gp
10 paintings by the emperor of china      20,000 ryo             6,620gp
150,000 lb mercury                                      25,000 ryo             8,270gp
Gold Coins                                                      3,500,000 ryo        11,585,000gp
1,500,000 Kwamme of Silver                     14,166,000 ryo       4,688,946gp
Outstanding loans to govt. officials         100,000,000 ryo     33,100,000gp
Assorted houses, farms, forests & Artefacts ?                                                 
Total calculable wealth                                                             49,725,065.8gp

1ryo=0.331gp (BECMI 10gp=1lb gold)



Two of the six Treasure Vaults beneath a Temple
Apparently two treasure vaults beneath a temple in India wwere opened by it's government revealing a staggering wealth of up around 10.5 billion dollars (0f an estimated 25 billion dollars) including:

Valuables                                                                              gp (10gp/lb gold)

3000kg of gold coins                                                               66,138gp

an emerald encrusted gold statue four feet tall               485,600gp

Assorted Semiprecious Stones and Gold Crowns           13,000,000gp

sacks of diamonds         (3 sacks of diamonds?)              12,000,000gp.
Total calculable wealth                                                        25,551,738gp

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