by spectacle » Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:20 am
Nummy wrote:Not very true. Gold coins would also be useful as you can pay with GOLD. Gold is always welcome anywhere. You can use gold for many things and most of those things are very useful and valuable. Having gold coins means you just split gold nuggets into smaller units of gold. So I think gold and silver coins would be useful and I will try to make use of them this world. If you have silver or gold you will be able to pay with them as well as curios.
Gold is actually far too valuable to work as a currency in H&H. Most people who get paid in gold coins will immediately take them off the market and either make jewelry or hoard them for future jewelry needs. Gold and silver are very nice trade goods for those that have found a vein and can spare some nuggets to trade, but coins aren't going to circulate for long enough to be a meaningful currency.
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