> I think the Lunars will be very concerned about counterfitting
> Lunar coinage as it could filter back to the Heartlands...
> The primary purpose of producing coins is to ease trade because
> merchants have a guarantee of value. Once that guarantee is
> devalued merchants treat all those coins with suspicion damaging
> the government that issues them. Not that that has stopped some
> making short terms gains at the expense of the long term.
There's a good short story on this theme, with a twist in the tail, early on in Alan Moore's collection "Voice of the Fire".
Cheers, Nick
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