The silver talent is a unit of currrency in the Cealdish currency system used commonly throughout the Four Corners. A talent is worth one-tenth of a gold mark and ten times a copper jot . Valuation of common items throughout events told in Kvothe's tale reveal the talent to be a significant amount of money for most common folk. As an example, a bunk and a meal chit in the Mews for a term costs one talent.
Not to be confused with the talent pipes of the Eolian , which, although it costs one talent to try for them, refer to a musician's ability, not the cost of the trial.