I'm thinking in the case of free traders in the wilds you'd have to use some kind of hard gold standard currency. You'd have no way of backing up a paper/credit currency in the wilds.
Derek Stanley
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On 2013-01-18, at 8:15, Tim O'Reilly > wrote:
> interesting discussion ... I'd suggest the specie currency of some type ... a gram of gold is a gram of gold regardless of what form its in ditto for platinum, iridium etc. But another addition to the mix could be gem stones, certain quality gems, certain cuts, certain types get certain values - they last a long time, are verifiable as to quality, weight, and cut, etc etc ... what was the 1950s movie? (spaceship, guy from super adv society checking the world out etc) I want to say Brave New World but am not sure ...
> Tim
>
> From: Richard Crowley >
> To:
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 7:43 AM
> Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Re: Money in Traveller
>
> What about currency with holographic images on them? Also, I think that
> by 1240 (or so), the Coalition could have grown large enough to sponsor
> subsidized merchant service to backward systems. The might solve the
> irregularity of currency. Gold or other precious substances might be
> hard to come by for small-time traders (they'd jhave to land on a
> possibly xenophic world, begin a mining operation and finally extract
> the valuable substance).
> --- In , "roger" wrote:
> >
> > Derek, I found a site that makes sense out of the use of money in a
> Traveller universe. Look in: Traveller in the DED Zone check out money
> in the "House Rules" section. To this system you can add that money is
> transferred around via X-boat and by ships that are qualified to carry
> mail.
> > I also believe that the Imperium would issue its own "paper" and coin
> money. To make counterfeiting harder nanites could be embedded in the
> money to authenticate it. This Imperium money would be acceptable in any
> Imperium world. Many governments that do business with the Imperium
> would except this money as well. Here I use exchange rates on page 230
> of the rule book to exchange Imperials for/ from local money.
> > I also found a reference to money in "Hard Times" from GDW called
> Specie Currency.
> > One of our group is a character who has reasons to not be tracked/
> traced or found by the authorities so he has no wish for a bank reader
> and prefers to be paid in hard coin Gold = Cr300 = 30 grams, Silver =
> Cr10 = 30 grams, Copper = Cr0.2 = 50 grams.
> > If you are playing in an RCES campaign,in the first paperback "The
> death of Wisdom" there is a reference to Coalition credits so the
> Coalition does issue money and I assume that to be a part of joining the
> Coalition you have to except the money.
> > In a post-collapse campaigns, barter and specie currency will dominate
> economy. IMTU I've added (platinum = Cr1000 = 30 grams, and Iridium = Cr
> 25,000 = 30 grams)to the specie currency list. To avoid the picture of a
> hard working free trader walking down the street on his way to buy a
> speculative cargo while pushing a wheelbarrow full of gold coins.
> > Roger
> >
>
>
Derek Stanley
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On 2013-01-18, at 8:15, Tim O'Reilly > wrote:
> interesting discussion ... I'd suggest the specie currency of some type ... a gram of gold is a gram of gold regardless of what form its in ditto for platinum, iridium etc. But another addition to the mix could be gem stones, certain quality gems, certain cuts, certain types get certain values - they last a long time, are verifiable as to quality, weight, and cut, etc etc ... what was the 1950s movie? (spaceship, guy from super adv society checking the world out etc) I want to say Brave New World but am not sure ...
> Tim
>
> From: Richard Crowley >
> To:
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 7:43 AM
> Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Re: Money in Traveller
>
> What about currency with holographic images on them? Also, I think that
> by 1240 (or so), the Coalition could have grown large enough to sponsor
> subsidized merchant service to backward systems. The might solve the
> irregularity of currency. Gold or other precious substances might be
> hard to come by for small-time traders (they'd jhave to land on a
> possibly xenophic world, begin a mining operation and finally extract
> the valuable substance).
> --- In , "roger" wrote:
> >
> > Derek, I found a site that makes sense out of the use of money in a
> Traveller universe. Look in: Traveller in the DED Zone check out money
> in the "House Rules" section. To this system you can add that money is
> transferred around via X-boat and by ships that are qualified to carry
> mail.
> > I also believe that the Imperium would issue its own "paper" and coin
> money. To make counterfeiting harder nanites could be embedded in the
> money to authenticate it. This Imperium money would be acceptable in any
> Imperium world. Many governments that do business with the Imperium
> would except this money as well. Here I use exchange rates on page 230
> of the rule book to exchange Imperials for/ from local money.
> > I also found a reference to money in "Hard Times" from GDW called
> Specie Currency.
> > One of our group is a character who has reasons to not be tracked/
> traced or found by the authorities so he has no wish for a bank reader
> and prefers to be paid in hard coin Gold = Cr300 = 30 grams, Silver =
> Cr10 = 30 grams, Copper = Cr0.2 = 50 grams.
> > If you are playing in an RCES campaign,in the first paperback "The
> death of Wisdom" there is a reference to Coalition credits so the
> Coalition does issue money and I assume that to be a part of joining the
> Coalition you have to except the money.
> > In a post-collapse campaigns, barter and specie currency will dominate
> economy. IMTU I've added (platinum = Cr1000 = 30 grams, and Iridium = Cr
> 25,000 = 30 grams)to the specie currency list. To avoid the picture of a
> hard working free trader walking down the street on his way to buy a
> speculative cargo while pushing a wheelbarrow full of gold coins.
> > Roger
> >
>
>