Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 28 Jan 2008 to 29 Jan 2008 (#2008-17) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 30/01/2008, 19:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. coinage ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:31:12 -0500 From: Greg Weatherup Subject: Re: coinage Greetings, > Not very likely. Only rare elements, gold and platinum have such high dens= ities. > For gold, alloying it to such extent makes it equal in worth to electrum. ah, yet two more great reasons for it being even more unlikely, even better= than the reasons I gave. >> huh. Does the Hungarian filler (1/100th) have the same root as=20 >> the German vierer (4)? > Apparently, yes. Name meaning and actual value often have little relation, as the passing of time, normalization of fractions, depreciation, change of languages etc. change it. More or less like the italian lira did not have any relation with the libra (pound) weight in modern times. hmm, interesting... when I get some free time I'll have to look closer into= "filler". Greg --=20 Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 28 Jan 2008 to 29 Jan 2008 (#2008-17) ***************************************************************