Latinum is a rare silver liquid used as currency by many worlds, most notably the Ferengi Alliance. Latinum cannot be replicated and the reasons for its rarity are unknown. Latinum is usually suspended within the element gold to produce the currency Gold Pressed Latinum (GPL)
.
Denominations of gold-pressed latinum, in order of increasing value, according to canon include the Slip, the Strip, the Bar, and the Brick. Within Star Trek Online, the Latinum Ingot and the Latinum Pile are also mentioned as potential denominations. The Ingot is positioned between the Strip and the Bar, the Pile is placed after the Brick.
Currently the only methods to acquire Gold Pressed Latinum are by selling Prototype Consoles to the Ferengi Collectors, purchase Gold-Pressed Latinum Package from the Exchange, gambling with Energy Credits
via the game Dabo, certain duty officer assignments, and through missions in the Ferengi Admiralty campaign. Gambling in Dabo is a conversion mechanism to buy GPL for EC at a rate of approximately 1:1.37.
Trophies[]
Slips[]
One hundred slips of gold-pressed latinum are equal to one strip.
The Latinum Slips Wall Trophy costs 50,000 GPL
Strips[]
Twenty strips are equal to one bar of latinum. The exchange rate from strips to ingots is unknown, but presumably less than twenty strips.
The Latinum Strips Wall Trophy costs 100,000 GPL
Ingots[]
The exchange rate from ingots to bars is unknown.
The Latinum Ingots Wall Trophy costs 200,000 GPL
Bars[]
One bar of gold-pressed latinum is equal to twenty strips or 2,000 slips of latinum. The exchange rate from bars to bricks is unknown.
The Latinum Bars Floor Trophy costs 300,000 GPL
Bricks[]
The exchange rate from bars to bricks is unknown.
The Latinum Bricks Floor Trophy costs 400,000 GPL
Piles[]
Piles are a hypothetical currency denomination. The exchange rate from bricks to piles is unknown.
The Latinum Pile Floor Trophy costs 500,000 GPL
Vendors accepting GPL[]
- Hadron (Deep Space 9)
- Greelan (Drozana Station)
- GPL Conversion Unit (Deep Space 9, Drozana Station, Nimbus III, Q's Winter Wonderland)
- Ferengi Trader (Risa)
Duty officer assignments using GPL[]
Assignment: Barter Gold-Pressed Latinum for commodity- Assignment: Barter Gold-Pressed Latinum for Commodity (rare)
- Special Deal on Entertainment Provisions
- Assignment: Dabo!
- ...
See also[]
External links[]
- Latinum at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.
- Latinum at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek Wiki.
