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<blockquote data-quote="Sigma" data-source="post: 262166" data-attributes="member: 3066">Yeah, but steel and iron bars were used to pay in the form of exchange, not as an acutal currency.&nbsp; Look at currencies throughout history.&nbsp; What are they made from?&nbsp; Gold, silver, copper, bronze-metals that are soft and easy to form so that you can stamp someone's name on it (which is where the value comes from for most currencies, the gov't backing it up, not necessarily the rarity of the material).&nbsp; Steel isn't good for making coins.&nbsp; It's good for making weapons and armor.&nbsp; Now, it's possible that because steel is so valuable, you'd use it as a reference for value.&nbsp; So you could say something is worth a pound of steel (just as, iirc, the english pound was worth a pound of silver at one point) w/o actually using a pound of steel for the transaction.&nbsp; Steel's got a lot of important uses in industry and military, and in a world where it is rare, it makes no sense whatsoever to tie it up in coins.&nbsp; So, I disagree.&nbsp; It's original alright, but not in a good way.&nbsp; Raddishes make a better form of currency than steel, and would be equally original.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sigma, post: 262166, member: 3066"] Yeah, but steel and iron bars were used to pay in the form of exchange, not as an acutal currency. Look at currencies throughout history. What are they made from? Gold, silver, copper, bronze-metals that are soft and easy to form so that you can stamp someone's name on it (which is where the value comes from for most currencies, the gov't backing it up, not necessarily the rarity of the material). Steel isn't good for making coins. It's good for making weapons and armor. Now, it's possible that because steel is so valuable, you'd use it as a reference for value. So you could say something is worth a pound of steel (just as, iirc, the english pound was worth a pound of silver at one point) w/o actually using a pound of steel for the transaction. Steel's got a lot of important uses in industry and military, and in a world where it is rare, it makes no sense whatsoever to tie it up in coins. So, I disagree. It's original alright, but not in a good way. Raddishes make a better form of currency than steel, and would be equally original. [/QUOTE]

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