Kruge

Kruge is the currency of Kerch. The bills are a pale purple color, emblazoned with three flying fish.

Books

There are one-kruge and five-kruge paper bills.

Value

• An original DeKappel oil is worth almost 100,000 kruge.
• 100 kruge is considered a good amount to earn in two hours gambling on East Stave.
• A secondhand tweed jacket and a basic waistcoat in Ketterdam costs "a few" kruge.
• Workers can earn five kruge a day in the farming fields near Olendaal.
• A room at a filthy boardinghouse in the Barrel costs ten kruge. It is unclear how many days ten kruge buys at this establishment.

TV

The design for kruge in Netflix's Shadow and Bone is explained in the following table.

Kerch currency in Netflix's Shadow and Bone

Type	Denomination	Front Image	Back Image
Paper	1, 5, 10, 20 kruge	Three flying fish	Various Kerch ports, maps of trading lines
Coin	1 kruge	One flying fish	Church of Barter
Coin	½ kruge	Tall ships	Church of Barter
Coin	¼ kruge	Sailor's knot	Church of Barter
Coin	⅒ kruge	Gulls	Church of Barter
Coin	1/20 kruge	Crossed maritime flags	Church of Barter
Coin	1/100 kruge	Hand of Ghezen	Church of Barter

Gallery

TV images

1 Kerch kruge bill front

1 Kerch kruge bill back

5 Kerch kruge bill front

5 Kerch kruge bill back

10 Kerch kruge bill front

10 Kerch kruge bill back

20 Kerch kruge bill front

20 Kerch kruge bill back

Trivia

• The word kruge seems inspired by Middle Dutch kroech, meaning "crook".
• Although Leigh Bardugo did not create a detailed design for the currency in the books, she envisioned it as a larger version of modern European paper currency and suggested bills may include the inscription atop the arches of the Exchange (Enjent, Voorhent, Almhent).