Source for banking and money in AD&D

[Halaster Blackcloak]

I'm really having trouble remembering where it was, but there was a 1E or 2E resource or article or something about dealing with banking in a medieval setting. My players are really wanting to have a Gringot's (Harry Potter style) bank to store their gold and what not and I'm trying to get some basic ideas to get me started. Does anyone recall reading something like this? It had to do with medieval banking, land deeds, and handling PCs' money.

[McDeath]

I always just winged it and later got lazy because of CRPGS. I also thought there was an article on banking though.

I call upon...

DRAGONDEX

Money:
Beginning "Money Isn't Everything" Carl Sargent 106(18 ) D&D1

Coins:
Historically based "For the Sake Of Change" David Nalle 63(67) D&D1

"Just Give Me Money!" Peter Trueman 167(62) D&D2

Weight and volume "How Many Coins In a Coffer?" David F. Godwin 80(9) D&D1

Controlling character wealth "Player Character and His Money, A" Lewis Pulsipher 74(50) D&D1

DARK SUN setting "Dark Sun Equipment & Rules" David Noonan 319(39) D&D3

Historically based "For the Sake Of Change" David Nalle 63(67) --

"Just Give Me Money!" Peter Trueman 167(62) D&D2

Inflation in D&D "Inflation In D&D???" William Callison 21(9) OD&D

Investment "Ill Gotten Gains" Kevin Haw 268(26) D&D2

Spellcasting, for "Casting Spells for Cash" Fraser Sherman 106(14) D&D1

Types "Many Kinds of Money" Davod S. Baker 114(32) D&D1
(SEE ALSO Economics; Treasure)

Economics:
Campaign worlds "Economics Made Easy" Ralph Marshall 107(44) D&D1

GAMMA WORLD "Cash & Carry, Gamma Style" Dan Kretzer 132(64) Gamma World

Inflation in D&D "Inflation In D&D???" William Callison 21(9) OD&D

Interstellar: STAR FRONTIERS "Tote That Barge!" Matt Bandy 107(80) Star Frontiers

Investment, financial "Ill Gotten Gains" Kevin Haw 268(26) D&D2

Sea trade "Sea Trade in D&D Campaigns" Ronald C. Spencer, Jr. 6(6) OD&D

And treasure

Treasure:
Adventure hooks "What Has He Got In His Pocketses, Anyway?" Ed Greenwood 164(80) D&D2

Books "Ex Libris" James R. Collier 209(49) D&D2

"Treasure Trove of Tomes" Scott Casper 253(40) D&D2

Collecting efficiently "Plunderer's Handbook, The" Hal Maclean 331(46) D&D3

Controlling amount "D&D Option: Orgies, Inc." Jon Pickens 10(5) OD&D

Cormyr: FORGOTTEN REALMS "Lost Treasures of Cormyr" Ed Greenwood 278(88) D&D3
"Lost Treasures of Cormyr, Part 2" Ed Greenwood 279(80) D&D3
"Lost Treasures of Cormyr, Part 3" Ed Greenwood 280(84) D&D3
"Lost Treasures of Cormyr, Part 4" Ed Greenwood 281(76) D&D3

Creative "Planning Creative Treasures" Dave Schroeder 19(13) OD&D

"Something Completely Different" Bruce Humphrey 179(21) D&D2

Devils "Nine Hells Revisited" Ed Greenwood 91(18) D&D1

Dividing "Spoils of War, The" Eric Cagle 327(34) D&D3

DIVINE RIGHT "Minarian Variants" G. Arthur Rahman 46(16) Divine Right

Dragon "Tailor-Made Treasure" Roger E. Moore 98(7) D&D1

EMPIRE OF THE PETAL THRONE
Eyes and amulets "Distributing Eyes and Amulets in EPT" Mike Crane 20(6) Empire of the Petal Throne

Furs and pelts "Treasures of the Wilds" David Howery 137(16) D&D1

GAMMA WORLD "Gamma World: A New List of Treasures To Be Found" Gary Gygax 19(8) Gamma World

Gems "Crystal Confusion" Holly Ingraham 248(40) D&D2

"Many Facets of Gems, The" Michael Lowrey 83(10) D&D1

"Re-Evaluation of Gems & Jewelry in D&D, A" Robert J. Kuntz 8(22) OD&D

Types of "Gems Galore" Ed Greenwood 72(14) D&D1

Historically based "For the Sake Of Change" David Nalle 63(67) --

"Just Give Me Money!" Peter Trueman 167(62) D&D2

Jewelry "Re-Evaluation of Gems & Jewelry in D&D, A" Robert J. Kuntz 8(22) OD&D

Leveled "Leveled Treasures" Stephen Kenson 289(56) D&D3

Location "Charts For Determining the Location of Treasure" Ronald Guritzky 19(25) OD&D

Natural "Treasures of the Wilds" David Howery 137(16) D&D1

Non-magical "Unearthed Mundana" Randy Maxwell 191(98) D&D2

Ordinary objects among "Trifling Treasures" Halina Adamski 207(30) D&D2

Paper "Paper Prosperity" Lew Wolkoff 207(24) D&D2

Sunken "Sunken Fortunes" Steve Berman 250(64) D&D2

Traps "Charts For Determining the Location of Treasure" Ronald Guritzky 19(25) OD&D

Unconventional "Treasures More Real" Scott Williams 168(79) D&D2

Unique "Treasures Rare and Wondrous" Ed Greenwood 80(30) D&D1

Value, assessment by players "Assessing, Not Guessing" Lionel D. Smith 104(38) D&D1

Zero-level characters "Well-Equipped Victim, The" Ed Greenwood 105(30) D&D1

With trove access and crossing off editions or non-d&d, one of the articles might help. And one could wing it i guess. I'm not sure if it was ever addressed in the splat resource books. I always kept it simple but looking at it now.... a bank in x with no communication to y or z means they have no idea what you have in said bank. It'd have to come down to notes with kingdom seal and signatures and perhaps a code only members of the kingdom bank committee knows.

[Halaster Blackcloak]

Thanks McDeath! Found some good resources from that list!

[McDeath]

I was going to cull 3e and non D&D but at times some articles have good ideas even if mechanics are completely different. I enjoyed the fur/skin/resource trade articles.

Other ideas are monster museums, science xeno foundations that study aliens/monsters/races, magical resource agencies, treasure hunting guilds, and more. Depending on how one works guilds you could have all sorts of financial trade and holdings with perks. Its a bit of a modern concept in a ways like clubs but high fantasy can be whatever.

I'm still trying to get my hands on Thieves' Guild 2e box and the Thieves Guild #2 module. Ah ebay.... expensive. If only someone would just scan theirs and pdf it all.