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- From: alaric@sti.com (Alaric Tekiahyn)
- Newsgroups: alt.pub.cloven-shield
- Subject: Re: ADMIN: Money
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 02:50:05 GMT
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- In article <C17u1K.Lnv@jabba.ess.harris.com>, jcarl@jabba.ess.harris.com (Joe Carl Jr.) writes:
- ] I believe the money issue has distilled to the following
- ]
- ] 2 Bit piece = $0.25
- ] 1 Copper piece = $1
- ] 1 Silver piece = $10
- ] 1 Gold piece = $100
- ] 1 Platinum piece = $1000
- ]
- ] Can anyone suggest decent names for these coins?
- ] Heres my suggestion
- ]
- ] Bt is called a bit, Plural is bits
- ] Cp is called a coin, Plural is coins
- ] Ag is called a ten-coin, Plural is ten-coins
- ] Au is called a lucky, Plural is luckies
- ] Pt is called a royal, Plural is royals
- ]
- ] Money is commonly refered through the standard term Coin and bits as follows:
- ]
- ] "You owe me 57 coins and 4 bits"
- ] "All I got is 6 ten-coins"
- ] "I got change, here's 2 coins and 4 bits
-
-
- I like it. The main change I would propose is that these would be nicknames,
- the way we talk about a fin or a sawbuck; the coinage would actually have
- some kind of a formal name, but it might not be used very often except in
- things like posted prices (and posted rewards). The Ulleran... something-
- or-other. The Ulleran Ducat. The Ulleran Noble. Something like that.
-
- Hmmm... come to think of it... the Ulleran Noble sounds pretty good,
- doesn't it?
-
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- I'm not quite sure about 'ten-coin', though. Somehow just doesn't ring
- quite right.
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