What Should Fanatikan Money be Called?

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

This is a bank thread. We are asking what should we call our money?
All sugestions will be taken.

 

[Zarn]

Imperial credits
or just credits?

 

[philippe]

Marken
maybe franken
Or euro
Or braadwurstmoney..

 

[disorganizer]

Maybe we should call it Teuro (hey, thats a german "joke"!).

I would call them "Doughmark". From doughnuts and mark. Or "Beero". Or maybe just "Yellowstones"?

 

[Ehecatl Atzin]

I like the credits idea, Imperial maybe, until we get a monarchy.

Ehecatl Atzin

 

[Grandmaster]

F(anatik)-Marks?
E(mpire)-Marks (or R-Marks, if ya want to go that route...)?
I kinda like Imperial Credits....
Maybe a currency system.... like:

1 gold= 1 Credit
10 Credits= 1 F-Mark
10 F-Marks (or 100 Credits)= E-Mark

Credits are like cents, marks are the basic denomination (like in history, things that once cost a coupla cents now cost a few dollars with inflation, sorry only know american terminology, so prices start at single gold-credits- and then increase with time to multiples of 10 or 100) We had a similiar suggestion last game, I think....

 

[philippe]

I got great idea!
Before currency our money is the name:swapping(ruilhandel)
after currency:bronspieces
after banking:schillings
after industralion:marken
after computers :Fanatic marks!
so our money is in the time of where we are and the name changes by certain techs!

 

[Toasty]

Reichmarks!

 

[Octavian X]

Let's call it what it's always been, so we dpn't confuse the newbies.

Keep gold as our standardized currency!

(BTW: We haven't developed currency yet...)

 

[Grandmaster]

@Octavian: now, am I the only one to realize that the Gold Standard has caused major problems throughout history (dunno... anyone ever hear of this thing called the Great Depression?) I'm all for keeping the newbies from becoming confused (i was after all a newbie at the beginning of the summer) but i think they can handle some named currency

 

[VHS]

i dont think calling it gold is going to lead to a depression

 

[Grandmaster]

I know, I know.... but it would still suck. I think we're all more creative than that....

 

[brownbomber]

They should be called Fanatikan Monetary Credits

 

[Zarn]

You mean FMC's. Would that work?

 

[disorganizer]

we could change the name though:
lets see.... we start with gold now. in the next age, we change it to "Credits".
in the next age, we will then change it to "FMU" (Fanatikan Monetary Unit".

Each change will reduce the worth of the money by a factor of 10, so:
1gold=10Credits=100FMU's

 

[Shaitan]

How about:
Gold Eagle (Royal)
Silver Bear (Mark)
Copper Salmon (Penny)

The metal is what they're made of. Eagle, Bear and Salmon would be the counter face stamp and the colloquiall term for the coin. (The true face would of course be stamped with our mighty President's visage.) Royal, Mark and Penny would be the "official" terms. This way you could call a gold peace a "gold", a "royal" or an "eagle" or virtually any combination thereof.

 

[Grandmaster]

I like Shaitans idea..... but why exactly a Salmon? Can't we think of a better animal than that?

 

[Shaitan]

It is a symbol of wisdom. (Penny wise )

It's also the only fish I know that features prominently in multiple theologies. I wanted one creature each for sky, earth and land as those are the three elements we will dominate.

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

what is a strong navy?- answer: something phonetica lacked.

i like it too. ill listen to more constructive responses, but that may be it. also, the money would be like:
10 salmon equal 1 bear. 10 bears equal 1 eagle. but it wouldnt be a new currency (no way, no how). it would be like the $1, $10 and $100.

 

[Grandmaster]

Ok, now that I understand the logic behind the salmon.... I like it. Denominations: its a good thing.