Coinage - Revision history

Detarame at 23:27, 17 August 2013

2013-08-17T23:27:48Z

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	~~Most~~ gold and silver ~~coins are~~ created by the Church through mandatory tithes for the purpose. Lesser coinage (copper) is minted at the national level, ~~and~~ the [[Wydmoor Mint]] ~~actually produces~~ Electrum ~~Pieces through~~ a loophole in Church law that only mentions gold and silver coins as requiring Church creation.		The Alexandrian Church operates multiple gold and silver mints, and all significant coinage is created by the Church through mandatory tithes of precious metals given over for the purpose: 25% of all ores wrested from the ground are taken as "Alexandria's Share." All Alexandrian monies are stricken with a design the date of their casting on the obverse, and always have Alexandria's Star on the reverse. Because of the long, predictable, and church minting operations on the mainland, numismatism is a relatively common hobby among those in the middle and upper classes with a bent for history or religion.


			Lesser coinage (copper) is minted at the national level and is wildly inconsistent in design, though not in weight. Centuries ago, the [[Wydmoor Mint]] captured the monopoly on Electrum coin production after exploiting a loophole in Church law that only mentions gold and silver coins as requiring Church creation. Because they're the only coin of substantial value not minted by the church, they often - fairly or unfairly - viewed with skepticism as currency used in dubious transactions. Wydmoor gets the gold and silver to create electrum not from any gold tithes, but by melting down the substantial gold and silver coins given over by pilgrims.

Mattie: wording tweak

2011-06-12T21:32:58Z

wording tweak

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	Most gold and silver coins are created by the Church through mandatory tithes for the purpose. Lesser coinage (copper) is minted at the national level, and the [[Wydmoor Mint]] actually produces Electrum Pieces ~~which leverages~~ a loophole in Church law ~~requiring~~ that gold and silver coins be Church creation.		Most gold and silver coins are created by the Church through mandatory tithes for the purpose. Lesser coinage (copper) is minted at the national level, and the [[Wydmoor Mint]] actually produces Electrum Pieces through a loophole in Church law that only mentions gold and silver coins as requiring Church creation.

Mattie: taken from Odessan talk page-- is there more info on this somewhere?

2011-06-12T21:32:07Z

taken from Odessan talk page-- is there more info on this somewhere?

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Most gold and silver coins are created by the Church through mandatory tithes for the purpose. Lesser coinage (copper) is minted at the national level, and the [[Wydmoor Mint]] actually produces Electrum Pieces which leverages a loophole in Church law requiring that gold and silver coins be Church creation.