The regional coins shouldn't be made of valuable materials such as gold then. Copper would be better.
--- Lalo Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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, > Lalo > Martins > -- > So many of our dreams at first seem > impossible, > then they seem improbable, and then, when we > summon the will, they soon become inevitable. > -- > personal: > http://www.laranja.org/ > technical: > http://lalo.revisioncontrol.net/ > GNU: never give up freedom > http://www.gnu.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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