The złoty (pronounced [ˈzwɔtɨ];sign: zł; code: PLN), which literally means "golden", is the currency of Poland. The modern złoty is subdivided into 100 groszy (singular: grosz, alternative plural forms: grosze; groszy). The recognized English form of the word is zloty, plural zloty or zlotys. The currency sign, zł, is composed of Polish small letters z and ł (Unicode: U+007A z LATIN SMALL LETTER Z & U+0142 ł LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE).
As a result of inflation in the early 1990s, the currency underwent redenomination. Thus, on January 1, 1995, 10,000 old złotych (PLZ) became one new złoty (PLN). Since then, the currency has been relatively stable, with an exchange rate fluctuating between 3-5 złoty for a United States dollar.
The predecessor of złoty, as it is thought by historians, were the Polish mark(hrywna) and a kopa. Hrywna was a currency that was equivalent to ca. 210 g of silver, in the XI century. It was used somewhere to the XIV century, when it gave place to the Kraków hrywna, approx. 198 g of silver. At the same time, first as the complement to hrywna, and then as the main currency, came a grosz and a kopa. Poland made grosz as the imitation of the Prague groschen, the idea of kopa came from Czechs as well. A hrywna was worth 48 groszy, a kopa cost 60 groszy.
Savageland, another time, another world, where under a cold blue sun, the
evil Duke Kron, half brother of the murdered ruler of Savageland, seeks to
deny the rightful heir - Braveheart, his destiny.
Duke Kron cannot do this until he has found and extinguished the mythical
dragon Moroth, who guards the Shield of Darkness (a force for good or evil
to whom whoever posseses it).
The Duke must keep Braveheart from finding the shield. He therefore sets
out to destroy Braveheart and all men of good heart by using his dark
legions of damned souls, all what have been put under the spell of the Blue
Flame, which the Duke keeps burning by the rare ore that is dug by the
slave children in the underground mines. As events unfold Elenor,
Braveheart's daughter, is accidently killed by himself, while trying to
summon mystic forces against the Duke.
Braveheart, swears vengeance! The Duke must be stopped!