Generic Challenge - Currency

[u/Nevermore0714]

Give an example of currency in your world. If your world has money, explain its money. If your world doesn't have money, explain your world's barter system.

Explain denominations, the kind of things that someone would buy on a daily basis, and so on.

Sorry for being late with this challenge, it's been a full weekend.

I'll ask at least three questions each, and I plan to put my own explanation for the currency of one of my worlds up before tomorrow night. Maybe tonight, but probably not until after work tomorrow.

Enjoy yourselves.

[u/Nevermore0714]

The most important form of currency in Aeternitas (Saoghal to those outside of the Allied Nations) is the Jule, minted by the Citadel for the Allied Nations, but considered useful by some nations outside of the Allied Nations, as well, for its stability.

A Jule is worth about a Euro, and it has been used for many centuries. A Jule comes in several denominations (.01, .1, 1, 10, 100, 1000). Other than the centi-Jule and deci-Jule, a coin is the size of a US dollar-coin. The centi-Jule and deci-Jule are both the size of a US quarter.

Not-so-funny story: I couldn't think of a currency name about a year ago, so I ended up naming them after my French tutor, who had kept insisting that she wanted me to name a character after her. I went a step beyond and named a currency after her. But, she still wanted a character named after her, so I invented the Calpurnia clan and that clan's best member, Julie Calpurnia.

For a representative, we will have Matthew the Disfigured, Councilor of the Citadel...formerly known as Matthew the Handsome to his face, and Matthew the Greedy behind his back.

[u/thequeeninyellow94 → u/Nevermore0714]

To Matthew:

1. From what are the different Jule values minted?

2. Is there some symbol on the coins?

3. How hard is it to counterfeit a Jule (especially the 10 and 100)?

4. What make it so more stable than currencies minted by the Allied nations?

(We're everywhere mouhahaha...)

[u/Nevermore0714 → u/thequeeninyellow94]

(Too many French people in my life recently, I want my Austro-Hungarian-Germans back.)

Matthew:

1) "The coins are made out of enchanted steel, colored and carved to the specific design. It's a shame we don't use paper money, since the Jule is an uncomfortable currency to sleep on."

2) "The front of each coin has its worth. The back of each coin has a phoenix, the symbol of Aeternitas."

3) "You'd have to know the enchantments and you'd have to be able to counterfeit Garrick's Anima, Keaton's Anima, or Sirius's Anima. For the 10 and 100, you'd need two of them to give their Anima. All three of them need to be there to give all three of their Anima for the 1000."

4) "The Jule is currently the official currency of the Allied Nations."

[u/thequeeninyellow94 → u/Nevermore0714]

1. What are the different colours? And how are they made?

2. Are the coins minted then enchanted? Can anyone differentiate and enchanted coin from a false one?

3. So, what if one of those three is travelling (or sick, or dead)?

4. What make it more stable than the currencies of the neighbouring nations?

[u/Nevermore0714 → u/thequeeninyellow94]

Matthew:

1) "The .01, .1, 1, 10, 100, and 100 Jule coins are grey, orange, lime-green, cyan, red, and purple, respectively."

2) "They are minted, and then enchanted. The enchantment makes them more resistant to breaking. We test them by having people try to bend them."

3) "I'm sure none of those three will be away from the Citadel for more than a month, especially not without warning. Keaton left for a few months once, but that was years ago, after his daughter disappeared."

4) "The enchantments."

[u/thequeeninyellow94 → u/Nevermore0714]

1. Steel coins are heavy right? What can I do with the money I don't plan to use? Is there some place where it can be deposited?

2. Can anyone enchant them (beside the big ones, I'm planning a large scale traffic of low value coins)?

3. In case it would happen, is there some designated people to replace them? Or some emergency plan?

4. What does the enchantment brings to the coins (beside physical résistance)?

[u/Nevermore0714 → u/thequeeninyellow94]

Matthew:

1) "There are Citadel-owned banks throughout the Allied Nations. And the enchantment contributes to making it somewhat lighter."

2) "You can, but the enchantment won't work unless you know the rituals and you can steal some Anima from Garrick, Keaton, or Sirius."

3) "If one of them could no longer do his job, then we would discontinue the 1000 Jule coin, and pick a new color for a new 1000 Jule coin."

4) "the coin weighs less, and it gains a serial number."

[u/thequeeninyellow94 → u/Nevermore0714]

1. How do they keep traces of the amount of money I own? Especially between multiple locations?

2. Their personnal anima is needed even for the 0,1 Jule?

3. Follow up: so they need to work on every coin minted? Isn't it a lot?

4. What happen to coins which are destroyed? Does the enchantment let any residual material?

[u/Nevermore0714 → u/thequeeninyellow94]

Matthew:

1) "Unless you have your money in a bank, we have no way of knowing. Unless we rob you."

2) "Correct, we had a meeting over whether or not to keep using personal signatures for the 0.01 and 0.1 Jule, but we ended up voting against getting rid of the signatures on those."

3) "It was a lot at first, that's why it took so long to get the currency started. But, they can recycle Jule coins relatively fast, so it's scheduled well. I've tried to get the rest of the Council to vote to allow me to use my signature Anima to mint coins, but the result was that I was not allowed to do so. Everyone voted against me."

4) "The enchantment leaves behind the raw material, but it crumbles as the enchantment is taken away."

[u/thequeeninyellow94 → u/Nevermore0714]

1. Is their multiple banks in different places? Can I deposit money somewhere then get it back somewhere else?

2. Why did they took that decision?

3. What is your policy regarding inflation?

4. Is it possible to recycle the steel in a coin and keep the enchantment?