Cinnablryl Coins

The introductory articles to the Savage Coast, with Dragon 171's City States article, has a very different economic system from that which came along later. That system, created by Bruce Heard, is based around what I'll term the "Cinnabryl Standard" rather than the Gold Standard of the eastern countries (and, indeed, D&D in general). Which makes sense, given the importance of that metal to the region.

(For those not in the know, a brief breakdown of the Cinnabryl Standard:)

Code:

                DK    DM   FR    BR    CI
Dark (dk)   =   1     1/10 1/100 1/500 1/5000
Dim (dm)    =   10    1    1/10  1/50  1/500
Fair (fr)   =   100   10   1     1/5   1/50
Bright (br) =   500   50   5     1     1/10
Pure* (ci)  =   5000  500  50    10    1

A Bright is a mixture of undepleted cinnabryl (uc) and silver; a Fair is a mix of uc and copper; a Dim is a depleted Bright; and a Dark is a depleted Fair. Gold and Platinum (and other metals) are not highly valued on the Savage Coast. Pure Cinnabryl (100% uc) is not minted; if it were, this is what its equivalent exchange value would be.

However, the Savage Coast campaign setting assumes a rather more traditional Gold Standard economic system for the nations of the SC, complete with giving culture specific names to their equivalent currency. (The SCCS even renamed the coinage of Slagovich from the Dragon article names.) Presumably, this option was chosen simply for ease of transition between standard D&D gaming (and equipment tables), though it sacrifices some of the uniqueness of the region.

A few questions:

1) How have others dealt with the discrepancy in their games, if at all?

2) If adopting the Cinnabryl Standard, how would you suggest combining the Savage Coast rules? Would you simply reassign the names of the country specific coinage to their equivalent Cinnabryl Standard? EG:

Code:

Coin Baronies Slagovich Eusdria  Robrenn Renardy Bellayne Herath Nimmur
DK   Centa    Stonik    Groschen --      Sou     Penny    Zet    Unu
DM   Dies     Viller    --       Groat   ƒcu     Shilling Rezhna Eshuk
FR   Medio    Levu      Taler    --      --      Quid     --     --
BR   Oro      Korun     Geld     --      Renár   Pound    Vaim   Ver
CI   Real     Halav     --       --      Roi     Crown    Rach   --

(The problem with this system, of course, would be that there are only four actual minted types of coinage in the Cinnabryl Standard; so the CI row would not/should not exist.)