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Latinum strip

One slip of latinum

A slip was the smallest unit of gold-pressed latinum.

One hundred slips of gold-pressed latinum were equal to one strip. (DS9: "Body Parts")

Comparative values[]

One slip
Ferengi put one slip of gold-pressed latinum into the throne of the Grand Nagus. (DS9: "Ferengi Love Songs")
A Ferengi traditionally paid a toll of one slip of latinum per head upon entering the house of another Ferengi. (DS9: "Family Business")
Quark gave Brunt one slip of latinum "for his troubles" during his visit on behalf of the Ferengi Commerce Authority. (DS9: "Family Business")
Quark paid his Bajoran employees one slip of latinum a day during the Cardassian Occupation. (DS9: "Things Past")
Two slips
Quark put two slips of gold-pressed latinum into his bust of the Blessed Exchequer, adding another two when making an extra request. (DS9: "The Emperor's New Cloak")
Quark offered two slips to the first Ferengi to reach Empok Nor's infirmary. (DS9: "The Magnificent Ferengi")
Three slips
In the Tower of Commerce in 2372, it cost three slips of gold-pressed latinum to sit down. (DS9: "Family Business")
Seven slips
In the Tower of Commerce in 2372, it cost seven slips of latinum to use the elevator. Quark exclaimed that this was more expensive than it was on his previous visits to the tower. (DS9: "Family Business")
Eight slips
Quark sold a sick Changeling to Odo for eight slips of latinum. When he thought it was dead, he asked for five slips, and when he thought it was alive he increased this to ten slips, finally leveling the deal at eight because it was "sick". (DS9: "The Begotten")
Ten slips
Quark charged Rom ten slips of latinum for a crate of root beer to be given to Nog. (DS9: "The Ascent")
In the last game of tongo that Jadzia Dax played with Quark she won with a Full Consortium and was owed ten slips. (DS9: "Afterimage")
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