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(Reworded annotation (the DC reference makes it clear this is not the currency of Sto Lat, and I'm pretty sure Sto Lat uses Ankh-Morpork dollars))
 
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A small unit of coinage mentioned in {{COM}}.  
A mention in {{COM}} says: "[[Hrun|he]] selected a '''Zchloty''' leaden quarter-iotum" from "a handful of loose change plundered from a dozen realms". This suggests that the iotum is very low-value coin from an otherwise unknown domain called Zlocht or Zlochty.


There has been a bit of confusion about this: {{DC}} states that Zchloty is actually a region, and that the corresponding currency is actually the ''iotum'' (or would it be ''iota''?)
{{DC}} confirms that Zchloty is a region, and that the corresponding currency is the iotum (pl. ''iota'').


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The currency in [[Roundworld]]'s Poland is the ''[[wikipedia:Polish złoty|złoty]]'', and there are other possible references to Poland in Discworld too. (See [[Sto Lat]].)
Possibly related to [[Roundworld]]'s Poland, whose unit of coinage is the ''zloty''? Is this the currency used in [[Sto Lat]]....
   
   
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Latest revision as of 06:17, 2 September 2023

A mention in The Colour of Magic says: "he selected a Zchloty leaden quarter-iotum" from "a handful of loose change plundered from a dozen realms". This suggests that the iotum is very low-value coin from an otherwise unknown domain called Zlocht or Zlochty.

The Discworld Companion confirms that Zchloty is a region, and that the corresponding currency is the iotum (pl. iota).

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The currency in Roundworld's Poland is the złoty, and there are other possible references to Poland in Discworld too. (See Sto Lat.)