blackaeronaut Wrote:Certainly, the fen usually go about their business electronically, but surely there'd be at least some demand for good old coin and paper... Nix that, we're spacers. Paper is a fire hazard in space ships, so all we'd have is coin.Besides, we have more important things to do with paper. (Either pulp or rag - it's all biomass, after all.)
blackaeronaut Wrote:So, that said... what would our currency look like? Personally, I'm going for human achievements in conquering space such as Gagarin's face with his rocket on the pad in the background, Armstrong's first step on the Moon, and etc.I'm agreeing with Dartz that, much like the Euro, every faction that bothers with coin mints its own, and there are thus a large number of designs for each denomination. The Bank of Sol might or might not set a standard obverse for each coin so that everyone knows what it's worth. (I like this idea, but does it fit with the "live and let live" nature of Fenspace?) Reverse images will be all over the map... or the starchart. Hmmmmm...
Thoughts?
Must get to work now. More later.
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Rob Kelk
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