# The Hobbit more similar to D+D than to LOTR

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**Created:** [June 23, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-more-similar-to-d-d-than-to-lotr/251802 "2004-06-23T15:11:17Z")\
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> [@GargoyleWB](#):
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> Also, I recall the money system going 20cp=1sp, 10sp=1gp, 2ep=1gp, 5gp=1pp…almost as baffling as farthings and shillings and tuppences…

Not quite.

Exchange rates in original/basic/expert D&D:  
5cp=1sp, 5sp=1ep, 2ep=1gp, 5gp=1pp

Exchange rates in 1st Edition AD&D:  
10cp=1sp, 10sp=1ep, 2ep=1gp, 5gp=1pp

Exchange rates in 2nd Edition AD&D:  
10cp=1sp, 5sp=1ep, 2ep=1gp, 5gp=1pp

Exchange rates in 3rd Edition D&D:  
10cp=1sp, 10sp=1gp, 10gp=1pp (the electrum piece seems to have evaporated)

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