October 30th, 2003, 04:18 PM
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Re: Taxation and Events...
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Originally posted by Edi:
Looks like the pretender gods really tax the **** out of their population. Just took a look at the events list at Sunray's site, and all gold amounts are listed in pounds! Extra txes to the amount of 500 pounds of gold from a single province is just staggering, given how rare gold actually is.
Or are talking about pounds in the same sense as the sterling pound, a unit of money, instead of a unit of weight? As this is going to cause a lot of raised eyebrows if people stop to think about it at all.
Edi
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Actually, the pound sterling was originally a unit of money based on a unit of weight - it was a pound of sterling silver (sterling silver is at least 90% silver, IIRC).
It surprised me a bit when a mercenary commander who commands 30 men demanded 120 pounds of gold for employment. I always thought 1 gold represented 1 gold coin, like a doubloon or the Roman solidus aureus. A mercenary demanding 120 solidi for a month is pretty steep, but not totally ridiculous.
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