<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=167462.msg7847812#msg7847812">Quote from: Crash on 08-03-2013, 21:35:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Her helper likely labels them clocks. ;)<br/><br/>Esclavage - Like the gold miners it is likely that ore (including ghost rock) is an accepted form of currency as will as both Union and Confederate paper and coin currency.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=167462.msg7847782#msg7847782">Quote from: esclavage on 08-03-2013, 21:31:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Definitely noticed and looking forward to seeing them all filled with posts.<br/><br/>By the way, anyone have any recommendations for reading to get a sense of the period?  I realize we aren't going to obsess over the details and this is an alternate reality but I did want to avoid any major anarchronisms.<br/><br/>Secondly, is it possible to get a sense more of the scale.  I know it was mentioned prices will be much higher in the Maze (3x for goods and 5x for food and drink.  But having ideas of the coinage and whatnot is important.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>In the west, the only universally respected tender is hard coin, and ghost rock.  Also, chunks of gold and silver are usually accepted when coin is scarce.  Most folks will only accept Union/Confederate currency at 1/10th the printed value, if at all.  I will put up a quick reference for coin on the wiki, but pretty much everything is hard currency, as there's currently no government the dubious people of the Great Maze have much faith in.  The coins are solid silver or gold, so their value is constant regardless of fluctuations in the wars.