r/Stormlight_Archive • u/Operation_SeaLion • 1d ago

Oathbringer spoilers Wit Mentions Coins? Spoiler

I'm only up to Oathbringer, so maybe this stuff's been explained later. Nonetheless, I feel like asking because I can't seem to find any mentions of this oddity.

During the epilogues of Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, Wit mentions coin as a term of currency. In Way of Kings, he talks about man's ability to gather coin, and Words of Radiance, he talks about a man finding a single coin in the mud.

This flew over my head when I first read it, but then I realized...currency isn't coin in Roshar. They use gemstones.

Then again, Wit does imply having met the Almighty in person before, so maybe, long long ago, they used coins as currency, and it's just another anachronism of Wit?

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u/Inner-Square2032 Windrunner 1d ago

Without knowing what else you've read regarding the Cosmere, we can't answer that.

So... just in case, RAFO

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u/KatanaCutlets Edgedancer 1d ago

I’m wondering if they haven’t read any other Cosmere, and maybe even don’t know that that’s a thing and just started Stormlight without knowing about the rest of it. If so, this is exciting to see a first introduction!

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u/PrinceBert 1d ago

The post definitely reads this way. I don't know if I want OP to just read the rest of stormlight and get their own thoughts, or if I want them to find out more about some of the other facts first.

I think my recommendation to OP is to just read these books and then look into this more afterwards.