Gold : latinum = ??? [Star Trek]

Arceus · **Posted:** January 22nd, 2015, 11:57 am

Since I know there are lots of Star Trek fans here, I'll ask this question..

In Deep Space 9, at least, the Ferengi value (gold-pressed) latinum above all else, presumably since it cannot be replicated like the element gold can. My question/discussion for us is what the value of a bar of latinum for them is in terms of a bar of real life gold today, or what kind of exchange rate you would guesstimate. I did try Google, admittedly not that hard, but didn't seem to find anything. What do you guys think?

Adbot · **Posted:** January 22nd, 2015, 11:57 am

Earth · **Posted:** January 22nd, 2015, 1:41 pm

I've found /r/daystrominstitute loves questions like these

Quote:

I did a conversion over on /r/startrek about a year ago of 1 slip = 2 USD.
Just remember that 1 bar = 20 strips. 1 strip = 100 slips. There has never been a conversion offered in-series for the value of a brick.

Arceus · **Posted:** January 22nd, 2015, 6:40 pm

I know that (found from Google

), but say 1 bar of latinum <-> ??? gold was actually my question XD.

Earth · **Posted:** January 22nd, 2015, 7:06 pm

Arceus wrote:

I know that (found from Google

), but say 1 bar of latinum <-> ??? gold was actually my question XD.

As in the weight in gold?

$2 USD/slip * (100 slips/1 strip) * (20 strips/1 bar) = $4000 USD per bar of Latinum
Using the exchange rate of 1299.90 per ounce, 1 bar of Latinum is worth approximately 3.077 ounces of gold

Does that answer your question?

Arceus · **Posted:** January 23rd, 2015, 10:52 am

Yep

cheers. One bar of latinum is presumably heavier than three ounces, so I guess technically it would be worth less per unit weight :roll:

.

Earth · **Posted:** January 23rd, 2015, 12:06 pm

Arceus wrote:

Yep

cheers. One bar of latinum is presumably heavier than three ounces, so I guess technically it would be worth less per unit weight :roll:

.

I dunno.
Spoilers for some episode:

Adbot · **Posted:** January 23rd, 2015, 12:06 pm

Arceus · **Posted:** January 23rd, 2015, 6:57 pm

You broke the spoiler tag

but I did see that episode already so I'll forgive you

. And well I don't know, he didn't exactly look skinny!

Earth · **Posted:** January 23rd, 2015, 8:16 pm

Arceus wrote:

You broke the spoiler tag

but I did see that episode already so I'll forgive you

. And well I don't know, he didn't exactly look skinny!

My baaddd
Glad you'd already seen it though!

I dunno. He's Morn.

How much Star Trek have you watched thus far?

Also, where is Shane on this? ...

Shane · **Posted:** January 23rd, 2015, 8:21 pm

Earth wrote:

Also, where is Shane on this? ...

You have the question well under control

.

But yes, Star Trek is good. Everyone should have a little of that in their life.

trekkie · **Posted:** January 24th, 2015, 12:26 pm

Shane wrote:

Earth wrote:

Also, where is Shane on this? ...

You have the question well under control

.

But yes, Star Trek is good. Everyone should have a little of that in their life.

People should have star wars in their life as well.
Both series co-exist, one cannot exist without the other.

Arceus · **Posted:** January 25th, 2015, 10:01 am

Hmm, I watched the Original Series...then I think Voyager, but the official site lost their transporter lock on the episodes and they disappeared D:! Then I watched most of The Next Generation and it met the same fate

. That ticked me off for a while but eventually I found it on some less orthodox sites and watched the conclusion there. Right now I'm watching the last half of the last season of Enterprise. I guess that leaves Voyager to watch next

.

Edit: whoops, profanity filter is a little touchy!

Earth · **Posted:** January 25th, 2015, 1:21 pm

Arceus wrote:

Hmm, I watched the Original Series...then I think Voyager, but the official site lost their transporter lock on the episodes and they disappeared D:! Then I watched most of The Next Generation and it met the same fate

. That ticked me off for a while but eventually I found it on some less orthodox sites and watched the conclusion there. Right now I'm watching the last half of the last season of Enterprise. I guess that leaves Voyager to watch next

.

Edit: whoops, profanity filter is a little touchy!

Save DS9 for last

Arceus · **Posted:** January 25th, 2015, 5:11 pm

I forgot to mention, already watched that one, and it was definitely pretty good lol.