Latinum

Latinum is a rare silver liquid used as currency by the Ferengi Alliance and many other worlds. It can't be replicated. For ease of transaction, latinum is usually suspended within gold to produce gold-pressed latinum.

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

Slips

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

Strips

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

Bars

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

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

Holosuite programs

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