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New Tehlin Penance Pieces From Temerant
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New Tehlin Penance Pieces From Temerant
Patrick Rothfuss
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Worldbuilders is proud to debut the newest addition to the Kingkiller universe: The Tehlin Penance Piece! You can pick up both in one fell swoop with this bundle.
Produced by the Tehlin church, this small coin is not exchanged for other currency. But throughout the world, a penance piece is exchangeable at any church, and many bakeries, for a small loaf of bread.
Only in Worldbuilders Market, you have the choice of getting either the Bronze or the Brass Minted coins! Additionally, we also offer the choice of one of each for the savvy Kingkiller collector.
You can find more officially licensed merchandise in our Kingkiller Chronicle collection.
All proceeds go to Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide.
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Worldbuilders is proud to debut the newest addition to the Kingkiller universe: The Tehlin Penance Piece! You can pick up both in one fell swoop with this bundle.
Produced by the Tehlin church, this small coin is not exchanged for other currency. But throughout the world, a penance piece is exchangeable at any church, and many bakeries, for a small loaf of bread.
Only in Worldbuilders Market, you have the choice of getting either the Bronze or the Brass Minted coins! Additionally, we also offer the choice of one of each for the savvy Kingkiller collector.
You can find more officially licensed merchandise in our Kingkiller Chronicle collection.
All proceeds go to Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide.
"Strictly speaking, the Penance Piece isn’t a true part of the Aturan currency, and as such is not included in Quiat Auriam, and has no fixed exchange rate.
Despite this, it proves a remarkably stable coinage, and often holds its value better than more official Aturan coin. This is unsurprising, really. As Atur has a proud history of debasing its coinage, while the penance piece can always be exchanged for a small loaf of bread anywhere in Atur, and in many of the nearby towns as well.
While only a fool would hand control of the nation’s currency over to the church, the fact remains that the Tehlins have succeeded where the government of Atur has failed so frequently. The size and composition of penance bread, sometimes called a Piner’s Loaf or Bregan Bread, is regulated by the Tehlin Church, and they deal harshly with anyone giving short measure or debasing flour.
One is forced to wonder what might happen if all governments gave thought to the bellies of their citizens, and focused on the free-grown gold of fields of wheat, rather than the cold and lifeless stuff the grasping Cealdim cling to.”
-- Tilden Andara: The Road of Gold and Iron."
These coins are struck by hand in West Fork Arkansas USA, using a Waterbury Knuckle press at 65 tons of pressure on an 8 gram teardrop shaped blank of (bronze or brass). The design features a head of wheat in cupped hands and a flaming tower.
The product is treated to look as if it has been handled and circulated. This process is done by hand, and it is both an art and a science, coloring and patinas will vary. No two are exactly the same! Coins are struck one at a time in the USA using antique machinery and traditional coining techniques. Officially licensed The Kingkiller Chronicle merchandise © Elodin Enterprises. All rights reserved.
Patrick Rothfuss was born in Madison, Wisconsin to awesome parents. After nine years at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, he accidentally had enough credits to graduate with an English degree. Patrick then went to grad school. He’d rather not talk about it. In March 2007, The Name of the Wind was published and met with surprising success. In the years since, it has been translated into 30 languages, won all manner of awards, and become a bestseller in several countries. After a great deal of work and a few raised eyebrows from his patient editor, Wise Man’s Fear came out in March 2011, immediately hitting #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. When not working on the third book of the series, Pat plays with his kiddos, makes mead, and runs Worldbuilders, a geek-centered charity that has raised more than a million dollars for Heifer International. For more information about Patrick Rothfuss, check out his blog.
Shire Post Mint is a small, family-run coining operation located in Arkansas, USA specializing in licensed fantasy coinage, but they make lots of other things too.
Shire Post Mint began in 2001 when Tom bought his first antique coin press. He had a passion for coin collecting since his childhood and his years of knife-making gave him metalworking knowledge that he used to start making coins. The techniques used of hand-engraving steel dies and pressing one at a time are the same used in the 1800s and earlier. After a few years of research, refinement and building a small following online, his work caught the eye of George R.R. Martin, who was interested in having coins made from his new series of books, A Song of Ice and Fire.
Since then, Shire Post Mint has grown into an internationally recognized company known for attention to detail and a high level of craftsmanship, all while still being super nerdy!
