[crossfire] Re: I'll commit the large denomination coin archtypes, I'd like to edit the amber coin to look more ambery (any objections)?

[Miguel Ghobangieno]

The regional coins shouldn't be made of valuable
materials such as gold then. Copper would be better. 

--- Lalo Martins <lalo.martins at gmail.com> wrote:

> And so says Miguel Ghobangieno on 01/01/06 01:50...
> > The regional currencies should be paper money
> rather
> > then coins.
> 
> I don't think paper money would make sense in the CF
> world... it's too
> recent a concept.
> 
> What I'm talking about is "coins" as opposed to
> "pieces" - a gold coin
> is a small disc of gold with some image, number and
> words stamped in it,
> and is official money issued by a country.  It's
> supposed to be worth
> more or less the intrinsic value of the gold in
> weight, but not always.
> 
> On the other hand a gold piece, often used in
> fantasy worlds and ancient
> real world, is what we have now; a small disc of
> gold, not "coined".
> It's only worth its intrinsic value - by weight.
> 
> > While regional currencies exchange values could
> change
> > depending on factors that are not in the game yet
> the
> > silver, plat, gold, jade, and amberonium coins
> should
> > keep their absolute value forever.
> 
> If they are pieces rather than coins, yes.  Whether
> they are accepted in
> shops or you have to "sell" them at a bank, is more
> or less what we're
> discussing.
> 
> best,
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