Dress from Garak's Clothiers – seventeen to twenty strips.Further details of each item may be seen above.
The following provides comparison on the value of latinum for specific items. ( DS9: " The Siege")Īccording to a deleted scene from DS9: " Defiant", the dowry for the wedding of Tholian ambassador that visited Deep Space 9 that was stolen was in the amount of three cases. A case: All the latinum in Quark's possession at the time of an evacuation of Deep Space 9 could fit in one case.
Kilograms: Tahna Los gave Lursa and B'Etor thirteen kilograms of latinum in exchange for a canister of bilitrium.
In addition, other units of quantity were used to value latinum.
( DS9: " Who Mourns for Morn?") Smuggling latinum was considered a crime by the Enolians. For ease of transaction, latinum was usually suspended within bits of gold as a binding medium to produce gold-pressed latinum. Latinum was a rare silver-colored liquid metal that was used as currency by the Ferengi Alliance, the Cardassians, and many other worlds. Quark estimated this to be about 100 bricks' worth. – Quark and Jadzia Dax, 2374 (" Who Mourns for Morn?")