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I'm trying to make 1 kilogram trade bars of commonish or at least useful metals. So far I've got . . .
Copper 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Silver 11 Gold, 2 Copper
Gold 110 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Copper
Adamantium 661 Gold, 3 Silver, 7 Copper
Mithril 1,102 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Copper
which was easy enough ultimate equipment values times pounds in a kilogram. However there's no prices there for the other skymetals or iron. I'm tentatively thinking . . .
Making iron (just straight iron not cold-iron) worth the least maybe 5 coppers a lb which would make a kilogram bar of it . . .
Iron 1 silver, 1 copper
As for the skymetals I've a rough value ranking
Abyssium
useful as a poison but radioactivity makes it of little interest)
Djezt
Liquid at all temperatures so N/A if valuable)
Inubrix
can pass through iron and steel but only slightly harder than lead so again of little interest on the market)
Siccacite
Again no GP price for this but there is an armour one which is a flat +6000 which is slightly higher than Adamantium for light but much lower for medium and heavy, similarly with Noqual it starts off more expensive but becomes much less so in larger amounts. So I'm tentatively putting it between Inubrix and Noqual.
Noqual
50 GP per lb for ORE while armours is repeatedly 0.8 of adamantium so I'm tentatively putting a pure kilogram bar of Noqual at . . .
529 gold, 1 silver, 1 copper
Adamantine (see above)
Orichalcum
The rarest sky metal and sadly I cant do what I did for Noqual as its value in armours increases with rate i.e. light armour is only twice as expensive as adamantium but heavy armour is 4 times as expensive. However its easily top of the chain.
I'd also be inclined to put Orichalcum as more expensive than Mithril, while Inubrix, Siccacite and Noqual are between Gold and Adamantium. Abyssium and Djezet would not be available as bars the former because its of more interest as a powdered poison while the later is impossible to make a bar of. I'm not bothering with Djezstel and Glaucite as they are alloys so rare they wouldn't be getting sold as bars for crafting anywhere.
Thoughts, suggestions?
On a side note the bullion company I looked at is buying gold bars for $57,880.89 (soooo 57880.89/110.231=525.0872259. So Paizo thinks Gold coin to US? dollars exchanges at a rate of $525.09 to the Gold Coin :))
UE does list Iron, at 1 sp/ pound.
i tink adamantium and skymetal cost more that mithril since this 2 metal dont came from earth (in other words they are from other planet or space)
and skymetal in not a pure rock like iron or adamantium but an already proseced mineral passed to metal so its not realy pure in concept of mineral like other metals
so i will put adamantium more high that skymetal since all know where to find skymetal but you dont know where the mine of adamantium is
i tink adamantium and skymetal cost moe tat mithril since this 2 metal dont came from earth (in other words tey are from other planet or space)
and skymetal in not a pure rock like iron or adamantium but an already proseced mineral passed to metal so its not realy pure in concept of mineral like other metals
so i will put adamantium more high that skymetal since all know where to find skymetal but you dont know where the mine of adamantium is
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You'd think adamantium would be more costly than mithril but according to official sources its nearly half the price pound per pound. Maybe because Mithril has more use outside of armour and weapons?
Adamantium is a sky metal, the most well known one even if its not widely used in its pure form but usually an alloy like Glaucite. At least according to my reading.
Sky metals are an odd thing they come from the stars but I get the impression they are natural metals just ones not found on Golarion except in the aftermath of meteor strikes. Anyway sources aside Adamantium is going to be cheaper than Horachalcum at least since that's specifically called out as being the rarest and most expensive.
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IDK, my price checking of light armor and heavy armor upgrades show heavy armor is a bit cheaper per lb taking mw steel breastplate & full plate as the basis. Then I extrapolated gp/g. It's way less than the gp/lb listed which I consider a custom item/one off price. I use a Material Data spreadsheet to document the physical properties of materials and prices.
Don't forget that gold coins are not pure gold, they're an alloy. Historically somewhere between 90%{mint is 90-84%Au 0-5%Ag 0-1%Pt 10%Cu} to 75%{18 karat} gold for the 'good' coinage.
A good source is a CRC Handbook.
The values I gave are trade good pricess from Paizo's ultimate equipment. Which are specifically noted in ultimate campaign as being exempt from any haggling except in specific circumstances. So its an established and set price for them. I suppose it could still be for one off commisions but that goes against the idea of trade goods. The armour discrepancy may be on the side of the craftmans time/cost rather than the materials.