If we are to do this it should be in addition to the current (blank) coins.
--- Brendan Lally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/31/05, Miguel Ghobangieno > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > Actually, something I think might be interesting > would be to have > major and minor currencies. > > Consider the (pre-decimalisation) British Currency. > Prices were given in pounds, shillings and pence, 12 > p made one > shilling, and 20 shillings one pound > > There was a one penny coin, a one shilling coin, and > a one pound note. > In principle it was possible to use these, and only > these, for > purchasing items. However, there were a number of > other coins of > intermediate values which were extensively used to > make up > intermediate values, without prices being quoted in > them. (note that I > am referencing old British currancy, simply because > there were so many > coins of arbitrary values that were issued - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_coinage#Denominations_of_pre-decimal_coins_and_their_years_of_production > looks to be a fairly good list). > > Now, what I am wondering, is if the coins with which > shops make change > couldn't be the thing that varied, so that money > would be taken from > one of 12 or so different types of coins, and change > given in a > similar manner (to take an example from the above > list, an item which > would require 50 shillings (gold) change might cause > it to be given in > the form of two unites and a half unite in one > place, but one two > guinea coin and two double florins somewhere else. > > These could all be legal tender everywhere, whilst > causing a player > who would travel in certain areas of the world to > have different types > of coins to someone else elsewhere. > > A modern form of this can be seen to a lesser extent > with the euro > coins and notes, whilst they lack the amusingly > contradictory values, > they have different designs on the reverse depending > on which country > they are from, so that a coin with a design from a > country relatively > far away is a mild curiosity on the occasions they > are encountered. > > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > crossfire@metalforge.org > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list crossfire@metalforge.org http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire