Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City)

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I have a question/idea, I'm not sure where to post. Hopefully it's okay here.

Since this is a game, and not simply an exchange, would it be possible, perhaps at some point in the future, to add an option within the game to directly buy ckg/xmr through the game? I mean it probably wouldn't require KYC and all that stuff. Entropia Universe is an example of what I'm talking about. Their game currency is pegged to real currency, and you can exchange it for euros/USD whenever you want, but it's a game, so I don't think the rules are so tight.

I imagine if someone finds the game and they're interested, they'd be much more willing to pay if there was an easy option, rather than having to fill out forms and forms, waiting for days, and then having to exchange fiat to bitcoin then to xmr and finally sending it to the game.

I think the obvious model here is some kind of retail (or online retail-ish; could happen though a mobile app or in-app purchase) starter pack with a bundle of assets, plus top-off packs or monthly subscription with in-game benefits. It may be somewhat complicated by trading CKG on an exchange, as most games don't have a mechanism for assets to exit directly, though unofficial farming and p2p trading certainly occur. Virwox does exist though, so there is some precedent.

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[Callixtus]

Hello my good men. I am Archeadon Callixtus, Right Hand of The Church and its financial manager. You may remember me for my work taking over the Prioré Hotel management in 1506. After significant talks with The Church and The Bishop, the time has come to expand the reach of The Church. As such, It is my goal to make sure the goals of The Church are realized as soon as possible to spread the good word.

There are a number of Ecclesiastical Orders that will become more advanced to better fit the original vision of The Church. They include the following:

The Pious Order of the Supplicants
The Fellowship of Benedict
The Knights of the Temple
The Poor Company of Theophany
Another order whose name and function will be announced later

These Orders will be expanded and grow in power soon after 1600 and suitable buildings will be procured or commissioned to house the various Orders so they might better please The Lord.

The Church will be expanding the horizons of the Kingdom by utilizing the strenth of The Knights of the Temple to escort foreign expeditions (be it the Church-owned Company of Theophany or external clients, securing boats against pirates...), or securing far away settlements.  These services will be available soon to citizens and Royalty alike.

In order for these expeditions to occur, there must be many things created in preparation, such as boats and other necessary expedition items. The Templars will make available a number of boats that are available for rental, crew-inclusive. This will be known as the "Safe Trip package" and will include a ship, sailors, and protection services fur the duration of the voyage.

There is also a need to help out the newest citizens of Crypto Kingdom. It is the goal of The Church to help out newcomers by either providing cheap rent (social housing) or free rent and they would work as a friar.  This will create an affordable option for those new players who want to find solace with The Lord (who doesn't require a pledge of material possessions, but rather a pledge of faith).

It is a grand time to be in Crypto Kingdom, and I wish you all good fortune and long life! God Bless.

[sphericon]

It is a pivotal time in Crypto Kingdom as there is soon to be an influx of new citizens, and among others, Lord Baron noms would like to be ready for it. I have prepared a large apartment complex design that requires significant resources to be built. It would house over 150 new players and allow them to purchase the dwellings for a nominal price to get started in the game, hence furthering adoption and making an easy avenue for game entry.

I would like to inquire about the possibility of investment loans from the The Hypothecary Bank in CryptoTown or other financial-related entities that may have moneritos for lending out.  Is there such an opportunity in the current landscape for this type of investment (this would, of course, be including interest payments)?

I will be considering the options from my palace library if anyone would care to meet to discuss the matter.  The finest caviar and spirits will be served  

After the online version comes out, i believe there will be an influx of new players coming into the game.  Some will have much BTC, but there are others who will have 0.05 btc worth of various altcoins to their name. That said, spending 50, 75, or even 100 XMR would cost the players between 0.09 and 0.18 BTC at current rates, and I believe it could be unaffordable to a large segment of the population of crypto-and that population is one that is quite important to Crypto Kingdom.

The reason we want them? They are btc poor but time rich. They can help the game by putting in player hours (getting CKG in the process) and also by creating rich storylines and helping with new ideas. I am appealing to those out there who are BTC rich (I myself am nearly tapped out-I've put almost everything into CK) to either help me with an investment, or perhaps become partners in a venture to further this vision.

[rpietila]

It is a pivotal time in Crypto Kingdom as there is soon to be an influx of new citizens, and among others, Lord Baron noms would like to be ready for it. I have prepared a large apartment complex design that requires significant resources to be built. It would house over 150 new players and allow them to purchase the dwellings for a nominal price to get started in the game, hence furthering adoption and making an easy avenue for game entry.

I would like to inquire about the possibility of investment loans from the The Hypothecary Bank in CryptoTown or other financial-related entities that may have moneritos for lending out.  Is there such an opportunity in the current landscape for this type of investment (this would, of course, be including interest payments)?

I will be considering the options from my palace library if anyone would care to meet to discuss the matter.  The finest caviar and spirits will be served  

After the online version comes out, i believe there will be an influx of new players coming into the game.  Some will have much BTC, but there are others who will have 0.05 btc worth of various altcoins to their name. That said, spending 50, 75, or even 100 XMR would cost the players between 0.09 and 0.18 BTC at current rates, and I believe it could be unaffordable to a large segment of the population of crypto-and that population is one that is quite important to Crypto Kingdom.

The reason we want them? They are btc poor but time rich. They can help the game by putting in player hours (getting CKG in the process) and also by creating rich storylines and helping with new ideas. I am appealing to those out there who are BTC rich (I myself am nearly tapped out-I've put almost everything into CK) to either help me with an investment, or perhaps become partners in a venture to further this vision.

We cannot enable renting in V.4. So the new players, in order to get a house, must purchase one. The very cheapest construction, not including architecture, BI or landscaping, is about 200,000/sqm, making a 20 sqm house (enough to have a free 1 q lot in B.4) cost 4 million. If anyone cares to make such a development with individual modest homes in their own lots there, he can most probably sell them at a profit for 5-10 million, which is not too high a price for most newcomers. At present the cheapest such homes are on the market by HM, for 25 million. They are located in the bustling 2-W, with a higher land price.

All in all, the Kingdom offers options for the complete range of players, from a few million up to several billion (the Royal Chateau of Versailles, to be built in the coming age, will cost approx. 50 billion m and take up a whole borough of 9 chapelries, already bought from the Town for 9 billion). It is therefore worth 10,000 modest homes.

[sphericon]

We cannot enable renting in V.4. So the new players, in order to get a house, must purchase one. The very cheapest construction, not including architecture, BI or landscaping, is about 200,000/sqm, making a 20 sqm house (enough to have a free 1 q lot in B.4) cost 4 million. If anyone cares to make such a development with individual modest homes in their own lots there, he can most probably sell them at a profit for 5-10 million, which is not too high a price for most newcomers. At present the cheapest such homes are on the market by HM, for 25 million. They are located in the bustling 2-W, with a higher land price.

All in all, the Kingdom offers options for the complete range of players, from a few million up to several billion (the Royal Chateau of Versailles, to be built in the coming age, will cost approx. 50 billion m and take up a whole borough of 9 chapelries, already bought from the Town for 9 billion). It is therefore worth 10,000 modest homes.

Understood. Perhaps I will look into building the cheaper single homes, to help provide additional dwellings for new players.

[David Latapie]

We cannot enable renting in V.4. So the new players, in order to get a house, must purchase one. The very cheapest construction, not including architecture, BI or landscaping, is about 200,000/sqm, making a 20 sqm house (enough to have a free 1 q lot in B.4) cost 4 million. If anyone cares to make such a development with individual modest homes in their own lots there, he can most probably sell them at a profit for 5-10 million, which is not too high a price for most newcomers. At present the cheapest such homes are on the market by HM, for 25 million. They are located in the bustling 2-W, with a higher land price.

All in all, the Kingdom offers options for the complete range of players, from a few million up to several billion (the Royal Chateau of Versailles, to be built in the coming age, will cost approx. 50 billion m and take up a whole borough of 9 chapelries, already bought from the Town for 9 billion). It is therefore worth 10,000 modest homes.

The Church is willing to offer housing for free to anyone willing to become a monk. In exchange for free housing, one will have to work for the Church, be it as a brewer, a teacher, a clerk, a soldier... according to his desires and abilities. Women are accepted too. The Church needs more manpower and becoming a monk means you will never have to worry for food or shelter. Every money or asset you would get by other means would still be yours.

And this solves the renting issue, since there is no renting.

Necessary housing will be soon be built. As usual, the Archdeacon takes care of the technicalities so if you are interested in donating or providing the necessary resources at a fair price, contact him.

[David Latapie]

San Pietro needs your support! The most magnificent of Church building, devoted to the Culture of Future Time and the end of Ancient times, is underfunded. So far, 420 million moneretoj were donated and three eminent citizens secured their eternal memory in stone.

Plans of Basilica di San Pietro

But there is more to give, especially after the sudden increase in price of material. Only one-sixth of the funding is covered. I beseech you, citizens of crypto-kingdom, to show your devotion to the realm

Additionally, effective immediately (and retroactively), 50% of any donation will count as a discount to the admittance in the Pious Order of Supplicants, the place to discuss and network among peers once the building is finished.
Also, until the construction of the Pious Order office, there is a 20% on admittance fees. This discount is cumulative with the donation discount (the donation discount applies after the 20% discount). As a reminder, here are the entrance fees:

Entrance fees for the PIOUS ORDER OF SUPPLICANTS


1. Apprentice          1 -    60,000     (mostly newcomers)
2. Companion      75,000 -   700,000     (mostly commoners)
3. Master        750,000 - 2,000,000     (mostly nobles)

Discount for 10 years purchase and lifetime purchase (non transferable to heirs)

full announcement - detailled prices

Why should I join?

• Bonus for your heirs! We all come to pass, but our legacy remains. When your character dies (of old age or whatever), you next character will enjoy various bonuses, depending on your donations
• The Church recruits mainly among the Pious Order
• To gather among peer, network, be seen where it matters, socialising...
• To help the Church with consistent donations instead of one-shot. Predictable prices are a plus
• If you were already donating, this is basically free service

For the glory of God and of Crypto-Kingdom!

Update: since His Majesty gave feedback on the price, they are undergoing reevaluation

[David Latapie]

Man your prices are too cheap! (if that's all what it takes...)

These are yearly prices. I asked for feedback earler and got none. :/ I'm willing to reconsider, now that I have at least one feedback and from the most important person in the kingdom!

[sphericon]

Man your prices are too cheap! (if that's all what it takes...)

The Bishop and I are working on a very comprehensive proposal to radically modify The Church and how all of its possible branches are utilized. You are in for a surprise when it is presented to you

Some things such as prices, will be heavily modified in this plan.

[rpietila]

San Pietro


Floorplan of the main floor, Facade and side view

The Church in 5-C was finished by the heroic efforts of the workmen. It took about 4,000 man-years to build (cost of labor divided by the average cost of man-year). This kind of projects will be extremely difficult to organize in the Online once the new building company rules start. You can't just easily recruit 4,000 people so it will take years to build! (And 1 year is 12 days)

The cost was 3,279,196,393 m (1:2,000 of all XMR mined). In addition to being the most expensive building ever (and the highest budget overdraft compared to the original 1,500 million), the church broke several other town building records, the most notable being the following:


- Highest interior (on average about 20 m and at the apex of the dome, 36 m - previous records held by the House of Magnificence in 2-C were 12 m and 25 m)

- Highest dome (36 m from inside, beating the House of Magnificence's 25 m by 11 m)

- Most gold in building (8,650 gold beats the House of Magnificence's 8,190 gold by a narrow margin)

- Highest (continuous spiral) staircase (two of them 34 m high; the Clocktower in 2-C having 28 m)

- Most statues used as exterior decoration (12 apostles, 8 other - the runner-ups have perhaps 4 gilded statues at max)

- Largest room by area (826 sqm, compared to the Hall of Magnificence's 538 sqm)  

- Longest room (47 m, actually beating the previous record by 1 meter only! The 46-m long room is in the Portal in 3-W)

- Widest room (36 m, with the only contender, the House of Magnificence coming far behind)

- Largest room by volume (incalculable, but approximately 2x as big as the House of Magnificence in 2-C, which took the previous record from the Town Hall in 1-C by 5x in 1530 when it was built)

- Most stone used in construction (7+ million, which is about double that as the University in 1-NW, Palace of Culture & Science in 3-C, The Prince of OZ Multicomplex in 3-W (all 3 copies of each other btw.), the Portal in 3-W and the unfinished Citadel in 1-W took. The Plans for Citadel are calling for an additional 5 million stone to be used, perhaps finally making it bigger.)

- Most high-arched space (more than 2,000 sqm, it's difficult to find records which comes closest but Noble Palace in 1-C is one possibility)

- Most Stained-glass windows (430 sqm, the previous record being a paltry 44 sqm in the House of the Pious in 1-S)

- Largest building by volume (incalculable, perhaps about double as big as anything else)

- Largest Royal donation for construction (1,100,000,000 m, in the same ballpark as the cost of the Royal Palace)

- Highest luxury% (250%, in contrast to Noble Palace in 1-C with 220%)

- Largest buttresses (some parts of the church outer walls are 3 m thick, with 2 m being the average. No other building has double-thick walls or 3 m thick anything.)

- Most records broken at one go (17, compared to the House of Magnificence's 12 in 1530)


The notable records not broken by the new church (there are 20 of them, so not even half of the records were shattered at once):

- Total floor area (The University in 1-NW with its 3,513 sqm is about 1,000 sqm larger)

- Largest window area (The University has double as much, and several other buildings have more)

- Highest number of floors (The Clocktower in 2-C and Triple Towers in 2-E have 7 taxable floors, and several other buildings have 7 actual floors, whereas the Church only has 2 taxable and 5 actual)

- Highest building (The Town Clocktower in 2-C is 43 m from the street level, the Church is only 42 m, but clocktower includes pedestal which is not normally counted. Both were built with special permission, because normal building high is limited to 30 m.)

- Longest building (The Royal Palace of Malla in 1-C is 70 m long, the Church only 63 m)

- Widest building (The Palace of Culture & Science in 3-C is 42 m x 42 m, the church is only 40 m wide)

- Oldest building (The Cathedral in 1-C was built in 1432, the Throne Room of the Royal Palace in the same year slightly after)

- Highest efficiency (The Triple Towers have 3.38. To beat this, the Church would need to have 8,113 floor-sqm in the same lot)

- Largest lot (The Citadel in 1-W has a 90-q lot, handsomely larger than anything other - the maximum lot size is one chapelry, 150 q)

- Most expensive lot (It could be argued that the Royal Palace or Citadel now sit on the most expensive lands, or that upon the time of construction, the University would have had the most expensive, but in terms of actual m payments, the Embassy Tower in 1-C was most expensive both in total (700 mil) and per q (175 mil) - The Lucky Lion building in 1-C and the Arco di Sergiu in 1-S lands were bought piecewise and could also contest the biggest paid per lot, also the Palace of Culture and Science lot was bought for 700 mil prior to the construction. The most expensive unbuilt lot per quadrat, 1-W-K6, was last sold for 275 mil/q, a long time ago. This church was built on a lot donated by the Town, which absent the church, could perhaps have fetched about 500-600 mil)

- Largest dome (in diameter, the Theater dome is larger (later matched by the House of Magnificence); in height, the church is (church dome is not round but pointed))

- Most gilded interior (The House of Magnificence in 2-C has 250 sqm of gilded interior, this one doesn't)

- Most opulent staircase (The church stairs are small spirals, but in the House of Magnificence in 2-C, the main staircase goes up 13 meters as 3 m wide and it built in the special Magnificent style, double the cost of Opulent, is partly gilded, cost about 60 million, and takes up a room 8x8 m in size and 17 m high).

- Most gold in one object (the dome is 6,530 gold, compared to 5,690 gold of the House of Magnificence's dome, 4,020 gold in the Theatre's dome. But the roof of the Royal Palace is also gilded, with 6,640 gold, and holds the record).

- Highest desire% (The Town Hall in 1-C offices facing the Central Square have 22%; the 14% of the church does not come even close)

- Most AIC spawned by a single building (The University Main Building in 1-NW has 3,000+, followed by the Noble Palace with 2,800 and and this with 2,700. Possibly the most valuable AIC is still the Royal Palace, which was fully built prior to 1450, from which age not many AIC exist.)

- Largest and tallest window (The Palace of Culture & Science has a 4 m wide, 10 m high, 38 sqm window, for which the church's paltry 3 x 8 x 22 is no match).

- Largest supporting columns (The structural columns supporting the dome are 8x 2x2 m, but the Theatre in 1-E has 12x similar columns. In both, the columns are partly submerged in structures. In all, the Church's columns are much bigger, but that record is already under Buttresses.)

- Largest balcony/roof garden (Finding the winner in this one is hard, but it is possible that the Portal in 3-W has the largest area of these. The largest number of balconies is 52, which each of the Triple Towers in 2-E have.)

- Most columns in facade (The Town Hall in 1-C incl Annex in 1-S has 147 columns surrounding the building and arcades throughout.)

[rpietila]

The final ancient years: 1600

The Ancient Character Collectors' Coin

The 93 Ancient Characters will have an opportunity to mint a gold coin for their glory and commemorating their deeds in the Ancient era. Only one type of coin (with a mintage of 1-500) per character is allowed. The details of the program are in /TACCC tab in the Char DB. All orders must be submitted by 2015-3-15.

In addition to being completely fungible from the economic side (each gram of gold = 1 CKG is indestructible and has the same dividend and same voting right), the gold will also be completely itemized when Items are implemented. This means that all your gold takes some physical form as coins, objects, etc. It is possible to collect the Ancient gold coins such as these (which will be the last Ancient gold coins minted). They can be sold at a premium, traded and gifted. The mintage cost is negligible compared to the potential value added, and there is no downside since gold is gold.

To restrict the number of different coins existing and improve collectibility, the minting rights will (continue to be) based on the Royal commission only. This is the opportunity that has been granted, the first time in 100 years!

Building has ended

The last buildings (save The Prince of OZ North African Palace & Courtyard, which will come to the DB soon) have been constructed. The Town paved and gardened a lot of areas, including some owned by other characters, for public benefit. The King was so moved by the construction of the new church that he commissioned a 300 m long and 30 m wide Esplanade (+ leveling the land) to be constructed from the Barbican to the North Gate of Borough 5 (soon to be named after the Church once its name is locked in). The final building was the new Obelisk in the Trust in Economy Square in the centre of the New City Borough. (One of the first projects in the new era will be to construct a road to B. 2, since all the others currently have a road!)

No more changes to NPCs (/SERV) or businesses

It is needless to make these since nothing is happening until the next version, and no benefit can be had any more. So save your time!

If you buy and sell NPC, you can still conduct the trade and make changes, but as told, optimization is unnecessary, the formulas in the new version will probably change anyway.

The earth has been shaking and water has started to taste ominous

The scientists and wise men believe we will soon be hit with an earthquake, and buildings from 1430-1565 will be hit. Also the old scrolls say that the waters will become unhealthy around this time, forcing us to drink only alcohol. While these developments have not yet happened, be prepared that they may do soon.

Farewell, my loving people.

[David Latapie]

Join the Church!

The Church offers free lodging to anyone will to join his ranks. In exchange, you will work and live as a cleric and you can join one of the many orders, progress in ranks...

Are you interested in quenching our citizens' thirst? Then the Fellowship of Benedict, responsible for all the beer in crypto-kingdom, will be for you.
Maybe you are in more abstract matters, craving for knowlege, understanding, and teaching? In that case, the Poor Company of Theophany is what you are looking for.
Or does your strenght relies in your muscle and you will to protect the poor. The Knights of the Temple promise you foreign expeditions and protection of any pilgrim or merchant or else.
You do not have to choose now. You can be a clerk at the office or enter the Path of Ordinary and start your travel to become a priest in our churches, starting as an acolyte and progressing all the way until you are in charge of your own church. And when new orders will be created, you will be allowed to change path.
The Church care for the soul of any citizen and for the realisation of his members. Whatever your choice is, rest assured you will never have to worry about food and shelters as long as you stay among us.

The Pious Order office will soon be built. Even if you don't plan to join the Church now, you are welcome to join the Pious Order, with its own merits and advantages. Until the construction of the office is done, there is a 20% discount on fees.

Contact me, the Bishop, or Callixtus, the Archdeacon, if you have any question or feel ready.

[rpietila]

The Pious Order office will soon be built. Even if you don't plan to join the Church now, you are welcome to join the Pious Order, with its own merits and advantages. Until the construction of the office is done, there is a 20% discount on fees.

If we are talking about the House of the Pious in d'Armagnac haw, it is already there:

Code:

155		The House of the Pious	1-S-A2	3 levels clubhouse for the Pious Order	1586	556	100%	878,480	122,709,006	129,794,780	384,275,786		1	The Church	HM The King	HM The King	HM/build v2

[rpietila]

The 150th Anniversary of the Monero House

The Monero House was one of the original buildings planned to be built into the new CryptoTown, along with the Noble Palace and the Royal Palace. It was built as the 16th building in the Town to Earls' Street 2, across the street from the Tower of the Royal Palace.

The funds donated by HG The Bishop and HM The King were not sufficient to build more than 1 floor and the second was planned to be constructed "soon". After 150 years the building still stands 1 main floor high, whereas all the rest Earls' St buildings have been raised to their 2nd or 3rd level. The reason why it has not been completed is that the proceeds of the business must be donated 100% to the Monero devfund, and no fundraisers have been organized.

The heyday of the Monero House was in the 1400s. It housed the first hotel in town and the restaurant was also the most popular until the 1500s it had to give way to places such as the Bank and El Bulli. Monero House has lots of culture, and its experienced manager is MGR-5.

Now the time has come to arrange the fundraiser as there is the opportunity to mint coins and Monero House has a good name but unfortunately no gold (which would not already be in objects that have been donated, including the (now) Marquess of Tavastia 50th anniversary of Introduction medal (50 g) from 1500). The plan is as follows:

Monero House has been given a special privilege of minting as many coins as needed. One coin weighs 7 grams (for the 7 core devs of Monero). Everyone may order maximum 50 coins (in /TACCC tab). The premium per coin is 1 g of gold. In other words you pay 8 g to get a Monero House coin weighing 7 g, and the maximum amount you can donate to Monero House this way is about 25 XMR if you buy the whole allotment of 50 coins.

Since Monero House is such a central institution, even the people not normally interested in coin collecting desire to have one of these coins. It will become the starter for coin collecting due to the potentially higher mintage than most coins, which also guarantees its liquidity in the aftermarket.

To enshrine our motto (not in words yet but approx. "through extremely slow action, finally a glorious victory will come"), we declare that no new Monero House coins of any design will be minted in another 150 years (5 real-years).

The design of this coin will be selected from the proposals submitted.

The Monero House will use the proceeds of this crowdfunding to repair the Earthquake damage, and build additional floors to the House, to continue the donations to the devfund.

[David Latapie]

My alter ego being one the core developers, I welcome this announcement with much excitement. I will acquire my allowed share of 25 XMR of  Monero House coins.

I take advantage of the opportunity to announce that now that the ancient times are over, we cannot expect everyone to know every of us. Heraldry will become more prevalent. And here is the arms of the House d'Armagnac.

d'Armagnac

Its blazon is as follows (and is in French, since blazon are done in French, even in Great Britain):

D'acier au lion d'orangé, qui est de la famille d'Armagnac

(litterally: of steel to the lion of orangey, which is of the d'Armagnac family)

It is an adaptation of the arms of the historical d'Armagnac. Tinctures (colours) have been changed for those of Monero.

[sphericon]

San Pietro

 This kind of projects will be extremely difficult to organize in the Online once the new building company rules start.

Any hints to us what those new building company rules may be?

[rpietila]

San Pietro

 This kind of projects will be extremely difficult to organize in the Online once the new building company rules start.

Any hints to us what those new building company rules may be?

Building companies generate building labor points, similar to quarry points or SCI points.

In Quarry, you had (still have, but Quarry is inactive) the 3 tranches of excavation that you could assign the points yearly to. They would turn to stone.

In SCI, you can save points, they don't expire, and you can buy advances with them. (Later, you will likely have the choice to further some advance, but not save the points for later use.)

In Building, you have teams of builders that generate Labor points towards a building project of your choice, and they must be used daily. This way the construction of most buildings takes time, because you want to have many projects going on simultaneously in order to not waste any points (or perhaps you have an overflow project like Versailles that can buy at the floor price all "excess" labor).

When exactly it will happen like that is still unclear. Version 5 the latest.

[sphericon]

The final ancient years: 1600

The Ancient Character Collectors' Coin

I would like to order 20 coins to be created with a value of 50 gold each. They will look like this: https://i.imgur.com/PR3Wivo.png

They will contain the words CRYPTO KINGDOM on the top, 1600 on the right, MONERO on the right, and NON PROGREDI EST REGREDI on the bottom, with a picture of a templar in the middle. These will have reeded edges.

[rpietila]

Preview of the Rules of the Gold collecting activity

The Ancient Character Collectors' Coin

The 93 Ancient Characters will have an opportunity to mint a gold coin for their glory and commemorating their deeds in the Ancient era. Only one type of coin (with a mintage of 1-500) per character is allowed. The details of the program are in /TACCC tab in the Char DB. All orders must be submitted by 2015-3-15.

In addition to being completely fungible from the economic side (each gram of gold = 1 CKG is indestructible and has the same dividend and same voting right), the gold will also be completely itemized when Items are implemented. This means that all your gold takes some physical form as coins, objects, etc. It is possible to collect the Ancient gold coins such as these (which will be the last Ancient gold coins minted). They can be sold at a premium, traded and gifted. The mintage cost is negligible compared to the potential value added, and there is no downside since gold is gold.

To restrict the number of different coins existing and improve collectibility, the minting rights will (continue to be) based on the Royal commission only. This is the opportunity that has been granted, the first time in 100 years!

There will be a Coin Registry listing all coins minted. For a coin to be qualified to be added to the Registry, it must have the following:

- Minted by Royal Decree (in the future, goldsmiths can manufacture all kinds of unique items but they don't count unless a Royal approval is first received; it will be given as before, for major Jubilees and upon special inquiries). The Mint will be constructed to the Old Town and all these coins will be minted there in the future.

- Minimum mintage of 7, no maximum. Maximum size of 25 g, currently the technology does not allow for smaller than 3 g but will in the future (minting small coins is more expensive per coin).

- The DB treatment of the coins is different from objects (coins are instances of a Coin (as shares of stock), objects are unique and separate items (as Ancient clothes)).

- In the Most Ancient era, 8 types of coins were minted by HM (1), Town Hall (1), Jacket (3) and binaryFate (3). They are now in /gold items tab.

- Now up to 93 types of coins may be minted if everyone takes heed of this opportunity. The probable number will be about 20-30.

- During the Most Ancient and Ancient era, the King minted "Coin of the Realm" circulating gold coins every year he sold gold. There are 80-90 such years, the earliest being 1400 and latest 1600. Those coins weigh a standard 5 g each and up to 20 were given as part of the gold sold, every year, every player (the rest being "unallocated"). In total, about 5,000 coins were minted. The King kept for himself only the remainders of the mint runs of 20 coins, which has lead to a situation where he has only the 7th largest amount of coins, and several years are totally "cornered" unwittingly by players who happened to be the only one buying gold in that year, and who bought minimum 100 CKG, and have since not sold small amounts of gold causing them to lose some of the coins.

- When the Mint starts operation and technology progresses, "Coins of the Realm" 2, 3, 5 and 10 g will be minted annually upon need (annum = 12 real-days). The characters are encouraged to bring their gold to the Mint to be minted into these beautiful coins at cost.

- Later on in the Online version, you will be given the option to "freeze" certain coins that you want to keep as your collection, so that they will not be used when you sell "gold" (currently most characters are anyway not selling so much that any coins or items need to be touched).

- We will organize a coin bazaar in the IRC soon. The convention is that trades are "P.O." (=premium only), meaning that when the coin changes owner, the T_GOLD is not touched (the buyer gives the same amount of unallocated gold in return, plus the premium expressed in moneretos). Since the premiums in most cases are only in the order of 1 million or even less, it's encouraged to sell packages of coins in different years, or "investor kits" of several coins per year from multiple years, to have a meaningful amount of money to be registered. Or just do gifts and trades (gifting a P.O. gold item can be done without informing the recipient, though for it to be a true gift, you should transfer the amount of gold as well).

- Everyone must take care himself that he has enough gold to accommodate all the gold objects he has. They may be created without warning at any time, causing a loss of the items deemed least valuable by the administrator.

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I am offering to sell up to 2000 units of gold for the midprice (524,000). If you have any offers, please reply here or on IRC.

I also have stone available to sell, at 70 per unit of stone. I can sell up to 1M stone in borough 1 and 600k of stone in borough 3.

I also have 66 SCI for sale for 50M.