How much are Credits worth compared to US Dollars?

[plotulus]

Does any book mention it? Have you figured it out in your games?

[drewkitty ~..~]

For Game Play there are about the same. As in the economic worth/exchange rate is about (for the RMB) 1980s purchasing power.

Now if your char had hard currency that they brought with them through a rift....those are collectors items.
In the RMB the approximated values of pre-rifts artifacts are on pages 207-209. types of money are not mentioned. Thou there is a precious metals section.
In RUE there is no similar text.
The RBM I ski,,ed through it and I didn't see any price listings for Pre-rift items
And didn't see anything in the RGMG.

Just remember that the BM only pays about 10-20% of the value of any item you sell to them and that pre-rifts artifacts are, if not weapons or vehicles, are most just collector's items. And anyone selling them needs to find just the right buyer to maximize the return.

[Library Ogre]

I tend to go with 1 cr = 1$. How much are you spending on a meal? 5-15 credits for a basic meal. How much is a loaf of bread? 1-3cr.

Why? Because it's easy to make up prices on the fly. Of course, we note that prices for non-normal goods (anything not available in the early 1990s) are completely whack. Want a small computer that can fit in your pocket? SEVENTY FIVE BILLION CREDITS. Each month, you make 2300 credits as an officer.

[taalismn]

It is, after all, a just-past-post-apocalyptic society, not a post-want society, so prices will vary. What might cost an inner-sanctum Chi-Town dweller a credit/dollar to buy(like a candy bar* or hot pocket sandwich) may cost 2-10 times that in the 'burbs.

*And given the shortage of various ingredients normally sourced through international trade, a post-Rifts candy bar may be 100% synthetic chemicals or consist of substitutes available to the regional agriculture of Rifts Earth. Don't expect real chocolate in your Chi-Town Crunchbar.