Maybe I completely misread. I thought the post there said 250 coins was the reward?

[quote][i]Later the same day...[/i]

Notices, messages, scrolls and plaques, all were set and posted along bulletin boards and public gahering spots, in taverns and at the docks. The capital of Syrdenon was abuzz with gossip and talk about the newly posted request by the king. A call for brave souls to travel to the northern unclaimed territories, in search of the fallen light, promising a reward of 250 gold coins to whoever brought whatever the fallen thing was, or  at least proof and news of it, back to the castle.[/quote]