Timber

Modern equivalent

40 pelts

A fur trade unit designating a bundle of 40 pelts, commonly used for luxury furs like ermine.

The timber standard enabled fur traders and guild tailors to manage high-value pelts securely. Bundling them in fixed counts of 40 streamlined auditing and customs valuation.

Part of a system

Related units

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