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Denominations of gold-pressed latinum, in increasing order of value, included the slip, the strip, the bar and the brick.

Latinum items

Renewal scroll inscription pens
Quark was selling renewal scroll inscription pens during the Gratitude Festival. The pens were latinum plated.
Hair brooch
Lwaxana Troi's Latinum Hair brooch is stolen while she is on Deep Space Nine.
Tooth-sharpener
Quark and Rom used a latinum tooth-sharpener when they were children.
The Divine Treasury
Quark states that the Divine Treasury is made of pure latinum.
Bucket
Quark suggests that Odo could have a latinum plated bucket to sleep in.
Waste extraction fixtures
According to Quark, the waste extraction fixtures in the Nagal residence are plated with latinum. He suggests that, if made Grand Nagus, he would (rather indulgently) replace them with solid latinum fixtures.
Bajoran earring
Maihar'du gives Major Kira Nerys a latinum Bajoran earring.

Slips

'One hundred slips of gold-pressed latinum are equal to one strip.

1 slip
Ferengi put one slip of gold-pressed latinum into the throne of the Grand Nagus.
Quark gives Brunt one slip of latinum 'for his troubles' during his visit on behalf of the Ferengi Commerce Authority.
Quark pays his Bajoran employees 1 slip of latinum during the Cardassian Occupation
2 slips
Quark puts two slips of gold-pressed latinum in to his bust of the Blessed Exchequer, adding another two when making an extra request.
Quark offers two slips to the first Ferengi to reach the Infirmiry
3 slips
In the Tower of Commerce in 2372, it cost three slips of gold-pressed latinum to sit down.
7 slips
In the Tower of Commerce in 2372, it cost seven slips of latinum to use the elevator. Quark exclames that this is greater than previous visits to the tower.
8 slips
Quark sells a sick changeling to Odo for eight slip sof latinum. When he thought it was dead he asked for five slips and when he thought it was alive he increased this to ten slips.
10 slips
Quark charges Rom ten slips of latinum for a crate of root beer to be given to Nog.
In the last game of Tongo that Jadzia Dax plays with Quark she wins with a Full Consortium and is owed ten slips.

Strips

One strip of gold-pressed latinum is equal to one hundred slips. Twenty strips are equal to one bar of latinum.

1 strip
Quark says that a strip of latinum would pay for a couple of spins of the dabo wheel.
  • DS9: "Sanctury"
Nog and Jake Sisko plan to play dom-jot for a strip of latinum a go.
2 strips
Doctorr Orpax, one of the most expensive doctors on Ferenginar, charges two strips of latinum just to walk into the waiting room.
Garak almost buys a Kira's freedom from a Cardassian guard during the Cardassian Occupation
On Cardassia IV, an overseer is offered the services of Kira Nerys for two strips of latinum.
3 strips
Quark asks for three strips of latinum for one memorial disk of Plegg.
Nog sells his pyjamas to Rom for three strips of latinum.
Jadzia Dax staked William Riker three strips of gold-pressed latinum when his winning streak ran dry.
During a game of tongo, Jadzia Dax stated that the purchase price would be three strips.
Quark owes Jadzia Dax three strips of latinum.
5 strips
During a game of tongo, Jadzia Dax stated that the opening risk would be five strips.
A cadet's uniform from Garak's shop for Nog cost Rom five strips of latinum.
8 strips
During a game of tongo, Jadzia Dax stated that the sell price would be eight strips.
10 strips
Nog sells the holosuite program "A Visit with the Pleasure Goddess of Rixx" to Doctor Julian Bashirfor ten strips of latinum.
15 strips
Jadzia Dax wins 15 strips of latinum off of Quark in a tongo game.
17 strips
A dress from Garak's shop would cost seventeen strips of latinum, but Quark offers twenty for it.

Bars

Latinum

One bar of gold-pressed latinum is equal to twenty strips or 2,000 slips of latinum.

Note: In an auction, Quark suggests that one bar and twenty five strips is lower in value than two bars. This contradicts the idea that there are twenty strips in a bar.

1 bar
Tiron pays Quark one bar of latinum for a custom holosuite program. Apparently, this is quite generous, as Quark suggests that he could "move into a holosuite" with that much latinum.
2 bars
Jadzia Dax loses two bars in a tongo game.
3 bars
Ishka made three bars of gold-pressed latinum by investing in a Hupyrian beetle farm.
Quark pays three bars of gold-pressed latinum for the wreckage of a ship that crashed in the Gamma Quadrant.
5 bars
The Noh-Jay Consortium traded one parcel of land on Bajor for five bars of gold-pressed latinum.
  • DS9: "Progress"
Nog's life savings in 2373 equaled five bars of gold-pressed latinum.
Yranak asks for 5 bars of gold-pressed latinum in exhange for sharing information.
Quark wagers Vash five bars of latinum that Captain Benjamin Sisko would win a fight against Q.
Quark accepts five bars of latinum to retrieve a strongbox from Deep Space Nine for Pallra.
Quark says that five bars of latinum will buy him five Nausicaans, a fast ship and very few questions to break Rom out of the Dominion's cells.
Quark estimates (possibly generously) that a days business in his bar is about five bars of latinum.
Morica Bilby recieved a wage of five bars of latinum a week for services rendered as a shipping consultant. The salary increases to ten then twenty and finally thirty bars a week.
10 bars
Giger paid ten bars of gold-pressed latinum for an Andorian chest containing a pre-Surak Vulcan bracelet, a sixth century Bajoran mandala, a twenty-third century ion-transtator, a ceremonial Klingon dagger, and a Willie Mays baseball card from Earth dated 1951.
Rom concedes that ten bars of latinum is an overly generously finders fee.
Quark offers Pel ten bars of latinum to help start a new life.
Quark sells one hundred gross of self-sealing stem bolts to Emi for ten bars of latinum.
12 bars
When William Riker becomes the only customer in Quark's Bar to win triple down dabo, Quark gives him vouchers for twelve bars of latinum.
20 bars
Krax sells one memorial disk of Zek for twenty bars of latinum, suggesting it will double in price within a year.
During an evacuation of Deep Space Nine, Quark offers twenty bars for a seat on a transport of the station, incresing this from an original offer of five, followed by ten.
22 bars
One of Quark's customers didn't pay a 'rather extensive' bar tab that came to twenty-two bars including the interest it accumulated. Quark said, although he would be offered eight bars, he would accept twelve.
36 bars
Quark sells an item in his auction of Vash's finds to a buyer called Kolos for thirty-six bars of latinum.
50 bars
Zek offered a reward of fifty bars of gold-pressed latinum for the return of Ishka.
105 bars
Quark sells an item in his auction of Vash's finds to his cousin Stol for one-hundred and five bars of latinum.
151 bars
Quark sells a necklace (an item in his auction of Vash's finds) to a buyer called Rul the Obscure for one-hundred and fifty-one bars of latinum.
189 bars
Zek can buy two thousand tons of Kohlanese barley for one-hundred and eighty-nine bars of latinum.
199 bars
Quark sells 42 of the 80 Rings of Paltriss to Ashrock for one-hundred and ninety-nine bars pf latinum.
200 bars
In late 2374, Quark made a profit of 200 bars of gold-pressed latinum when he sold Denevan crystals to a Nausicaan entrepreneur
Vash suggests that they start the bidding for one of her artifacts from the Gamma Quadrant at two-hundred bars of latinum.
500 bars
In 2373, Brunt bids 500 bars of gold-pressed latinum for all 52 disks of Quark's remains.
600 bars
On stardate 47182.1, Quark owns a total of six-hundred bars of gold-pressed latinum.
1,000 bars
Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel intend to charge one thousand bars (non-negotiable) for an 'ornately carved metal sphere'.
Janel Tigan said that the broken waveguide in 14-3-A would make him lose one thousand bars a day.
3,000 bars
A buyer called Kolos offers three-thousand bars for an item from the Gamma Quadrant in an auction of Vash's finds.
5,000 bars
Rom offers to buy Quark's Bar for five-thousand bars of gold-pressed latinum, although he expected Quark to haggle up to at least eight-thousand.

Bricks

Value unknown

60 bricks
Brunt bribes Quark with sixty bricks of gold-pressed latinum to make him Financial Advisor to the Negus.
1,000 bricks
During the Lissepian Mother's Day Heist that took place on Lissepia in 2365, 1,000 bricks of gold-pressed latinum were stolen. Larell had told Quark that Morn had won the 1,000 bricks of gold-pressed latinum in the Lissepian lottery.

Further Values

Seventeen bars, three strips, and five slips
The total of Rom's life savings in 2373 and the amount he bids for Quark's remains.
Thirteen kilograms
Tahna gives Lursa and B'Etor 13kg of latinum in exchange for a canister of bilitrium.
Three cases
The dowry for the wedding of Tholian Ambassador that visited Deep Space Nine, stolen while at the station.
10,000 isiks
Martus gives Alsia ten-thousand isiks of latinum, the profits from their club.
A case
All the latinum in Quark's possession at the time of an evacuation of Deep Space Nine can fit in one case.
Values to be evaluated

Guidance

The following provides guidance and comparison on the value of latinum for specific items. Further details of each item may be seen above.

Clothing

  • Cadet’s uniform – 5 strips
  • Dress from Garak's shop – 17-20 strips

Life-savings

  • Nog – 5 bars
  • Quark – 600 bars
  • Rom – 17 bars, 3 strips and 5 slips

Wages

Profits

Holosuite programs

  • "A Visit with the Pleasure Goddess of Rixx" - 10 strips.
  • Custom holosuite program - 1 bar
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