Stormcloak currency

Post » Sun May 12, 2013 12:09 pm

If the stormcloaks win the CW will they change their currency or just stick to septims for convenience sake? I only ask because I noticed the septim coin was engraved with the words "the empire is the law" and "the law is sacred". Needless to say it would be embarrassing for die-hard stormcloaks to be trading coins that basically say the empire is sacred
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Anthony Diaz
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 6:24 am

I imagine for the time being they don't care. Gold is gold.

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:)Colleenn
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 6:15 pm

I don't think they'll bother changing it for a while.

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renee Duhamel
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 11:02 am

If it ever changed, They should use gold coins with a bear on 1 side and Ulfric on the other.
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A Dardzz
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 3:40 pm

Well, isn't the Septims the international currency.
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Amy Cooper
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 11:23 am

For the Empire.

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K J S
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 7:05 am

Not until they find a way to make Reachmen and Dunmer tears into tradable currency. :P

I kid.

I do find it funny that the Stormcloaks never indicate changing their currency. Maybe it's because of the name. What would they call their money under the new regime?

Ulfrics? That doesn't sound good.

Stormcloaks? That's just confusing. It's like the word for snake, bread, and Friday all being that damn dog's name (Gurp Gorp). So what would they use instead?

I've got it!

Spoiler

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Ash
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 1:34 pm

Maybe its just widely accepted.
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Christine Pane
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 4:44 am

That would be cool
The new engraved slogan could be "fight or die well" on one side and "I fight because I must" on the other. Plus I'm sure having his head on a coin would work wonders for Ulfric's ego
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herrade
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 12:54 pm

This.

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Naughty not Nice
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 4:36 am

they should call them Gold pieces.
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Cheville Thompson
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 11:14 am

I doubt it's used in the dominion
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Danii Brown
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 8:35 am

A currency reform would severely sap trade with other nations. I think even the Dominion uses Septims at least as a secondary currency.

Thing about gold coins is that it doesn't matter squat what's depicted on the coin. What matters is its content. In Rome, for example, coins of old Emperors were sometimes minted by their successors because they were usually known to have larger amounts of gold/silver in them, and thus were useful for emperors that had devalued the currency but had to conduct trade or pay ransoms. Roman coins were used in nations that were at war with Rome or had nothing to do with Rome, since everyone knew the coins were good so it didn't matter whose face it's on the observe.

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Rachel Hall
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 3:37 pm

:lol: I have no idea, what about just gold coins?

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Mariaa EM.
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 10:11 am

They were originally called drakes and that works in Skyrim, too.

If an independent Skyrim mints its own currency, I guess, remains to be seen. That was often the way of things with princes in medieval Europe who wanted to assert their power. Though because of gameplay considerations, Beth will probably keep it simple and the currency will just be "gold coins." That's what they were called in Oblivion anyway.
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FITTAS
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 7:47 pm

Typical Stormcloak... No imagination. :P

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Gill Mackin
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 7:54 pm

:tongue: Fine, how about...bears? Have a stormcloak bear on the back, and Ulfric's face on the other?

"Oh look, a bear!"

"Whaaa!!!" :ahhh:

"No, I mean a gold bear! A coin!"

" :stare: "

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Jamie Lee
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 1:17 pm

read post 4.
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Trey Johnson
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 6:13 am

I don't think the currency will change, it has been in place for 600+ years. Not to mention the metal in them is valuable regardless of the decor. And because the leaders of the Stormcloaks seem to have a problem with the Epire as it is, not the Empire as it was. Keeping the Septims(as in the name) might just be a last statement about the Medes.

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Penny Wills
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 11:45 am

Just make sure it's the bear's head on the coin. If it's the other end, the citizens won't be able to tell heads from tails. :D

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Leilene Nessel
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 4:22 am

Lol, well there you go. :D

:rofl:

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Andrew
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 7:46 am

"the bear" I like it :smile:
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Wayland Neace
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 8:45 am

I say we make it officialz. :yes:

And remember to make it a bear head.

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Steve Smith
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 8:10 am

If I had a PC and photoshop I'd make it.
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lucy chadwick
 
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Post » Sun May 12, 2013 3:31 pm

It's cause printing new coins is expensive.

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