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<blockquote data-quote="Sigma" data-source="post: 262823" data-attributes="member: 3066">Fair enough.&nbsp; You're right that it was really more the advent of banking that pulled the gov't into it.&nbsp; When you started trading paper that represented X pounds of silver, with the understanding that if you went to the bank issuing it, you could actually get silver for your worthless paper.But that still leaves the point that if most midevil coins were gold and silver with a cheaper metal, how do you pull the feat off with steel?&nbsp; It's not like you can mix steel with copper and still have it be steel.&nbsp; Neat story, never knew there was even a half way decent reason for steel coins, though I still find it implausable such a thing would occur.&nbsp; Economic choices aren't without rhyme and reason.&nbsp; Gold, silver, and copper were used in RL because they're not very good metals for other purposes.&nbsp; They're too soft.&nbsp; That also makes them easy to mint, and in a midevil society, you aren't going to have a big group of smithy class people to spend time making steel to make coins.&nbsp; If nothing else, iron would be a better material to make coins out of.&nbsp; It's naturally occuring, easier to mint, and requires less skill and technological know-how to work.But hey, it's mostly just me finding another reason not to like a setting I don't care for.&nbsp; I suppose it's just fantasy after all, and the dwarf story makes a decent backstory for the choice of steel coins.Ah, but they possess one advantage over tulip bulbs.&nbsp; They're tastey.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sigma, post: 262823, member: 3066"] [B][/B] Fair enough. You're right that it was really more the advent of banking that pulled the gov't into it. When you started trading paper that represented X pounds of silver, with the understanding that if you went to the bank issuing it, you could actually get silver for your worthless paper. But that still leaves the point that if most midevil coins were gold and silver with a cheaper metal, how do you pull the feat off with steel? It's not like you can mix steel with copper and still have it be steel. [B][/b] Neat story, never knew there was even a half way decent reason for steel coins, though I still find it implausable such a thing would occur. Economic choices aren't without rhyme and reason. Gold, silver, and copper were used in RL because they're not very good metals for other purposes. They're too soft. That also makes them easy to mint, and in a midevil society, you aren't going to have a big group of smithy class people to spend time making steel to make coins. If nothing else, iron would be a better material to make coins out of. It's naturally occuring, easier to mint, and requires less skill and technological know-how to work. But hey, it's mostly just me finding another reason not to like a setting I don't care for. I suppose it's just fantasy after all, and the dwarf story makes a decent backstory for the choice of steel coins. [b][/B] Ah, but they possess one advantage over tulip bulbs. They're tastey. :D [/QUOTE]

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