Coinage Postfest: Wildspace Trader Coins

    I really didn't plan this one...it just popped up in my head about an
hour ago :)  So what the heck, why not?



Wildspace Trader Coins



Origin of the Mint: Centuries ago, several wildspace-based trading companies
adopted a standard system of coinage for trading with one another.  The
trading companies commissioned the dwarven citadel Samryn'xunder to craft
the coins in great quantities.  The citadel, which changes spheres from time
to time, is the source of all Wildspace Trader Coins.



Description of the Coins: Trader Coins are minted in copper, silver, gold,
electrum, and platinum standards.  For each precious metal mint, there are
one, two, and five-piece standards.  That is, some coins are minted either
twice as heavy as or five times heavier than the standard one-piece coin.
One side of the coin is minted with the number value of the coin (1, 2, or
5) and phrases such as "Fortune awaits the Bold" and "Render onto the Arcane
what is the Arcane's" in dwarvish runes.  On the opposite side is a relief
image, the image depending on the type of coin.  The images are as follows:



Copper: An Asteroid City

Silver: An eight-pointed Star

Gold: A brilliant Sun

Electrum: A long-tailed Comet

Platinum: A Crystal Sphere



Frequency of Occurrence in Space: Wildspace Trader Coins are quite common in
wildspace.  They have been used for centuries as payroll for various trading
companies, and through those sailors and officers have made their way into
general use in ports across the Known Spheres.  Most ports accept Trader
Coins at their face value.



Notes: Trading companies that are known to use the Trader Coins include the
Smith's Coaster, the Sindiath Line, and numerous other companies based in
the Rock of Bral and elsewhere.



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