From lojban+bncCMHEmaCOBhDPm_DjBBoE5iC7fA@googlegroups.com Mon Aug 30 13:00:32 2010 Received: from mail-ww0-f61.google.com ([74.125.82.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OqAWp-0007Bt-Bk; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:32 -0700 Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26sf1903942wwf.16 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:received :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=sMsTyHRX8ZYLwo22+FbOW87xp7qoKQQozAyd+NO33RM=; b=Qpa27HZOm89Po6aqnc4WZDaKDUYN8zH3hOXcZlW7/wQClcIYRs8evtjyU0zpBKqbR4 WkA3uRnJHB2uELhHhhZI23RKigcHR4Ggz5zp2+jjfQ+2btsz1L3NB3YR636IjrdQeZQK 1f6xrBNy6GWjwH71bD69F62x7EzgIsfYpNjug= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=IzjSIvACCBkFcngbiYfI6XfdamYa+sNI/9hOHAs666wRQZX6harFhIP9SNpr38RMAr GSa9onh+PcpXWt2ZFG4uCSwNiuEGUZACR6Qb6i3RFgm99QosDCwWBcerdAFJwAFeMBMf bdImLxyu2Pu/P6iKfABXwk3sO9jHTbzhYjySY= Received: by 10.216.145.226 with SMTP id p76mr977285wej.3.1283198415655; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:15 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.216.237.134 with SMTP id y6ls31784weq.2.p; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.70.76 with SMTP id o54mr244434wed.14.1283198414594; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.70.76 with SMTP id o54mr244433wed.14.1283198414537; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wy0-f171.google.com (mail-wy0-f171.google.com [74.125.82.171]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id v4si2727616weq.1.2010.08.30.13.00.13; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.171 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.171; Received: by wya21 with SMTP id 21so3136805wya.30 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.157.72 with SMTP id n50mr744422wek.4.1283198413044; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.93.65 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201008300921.20919.phma@phma.optus.nu> References: <201008292322.53179.phma@phma.optus.nu> <201008300921.20919.phma@phma.optus.nu> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:00:12 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban Kids Show - economy From: Jonathan Jones To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: eyeonus@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.171 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=eyeonus@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6546d9e96181a048f0fe96e --0016e6546d9e96181a048f0fe96e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Monday 30 August 2010 00:47:03 Ross Ogilvie wrote: > > Coins sounds good and all, but my first thought was "they live on a > > space station, wouldn't their finances be done with some system of > > electronic funds transfer?" > > They mine asteroids; that's where they get metals from. An EFT system is > vulnerable to cosmic rays flipping bits. > > > On the actual question posed, the metals in the coins needs to be > > cheaper than the value of the coin to avoid people melting them down. > > If the coins are to represent small amounts like on earth then > > palladium is probably out. At current prices 5.6 grams of palladium > > (the mass of a US quarter) is about US$90. Including a small amount in > > an alloy coin might still be possible though. > > The other metals should be cheaper than the face value, but one metal (I'm > picking silver) has to be at face value to provide a standard of value. > Instead of palladium, I'm using rhodium for the coin with most value. > > Pierre > -- > The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. > > And here I was hoping we'd use a barter system. :( -- mu'o mi'e .aionys. .i.a'o.e'e ko klama le bende pe denpa bu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. 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On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.n= u> wrote:
On Monday 30 August 2010 00:47:03 Ross Ogilvie wrote:
> Coins sounds good and all, but my first thought was "they live on= a
> space station, wouldn't their finances be done with some system of=
> electronic funds transfer?"

They mine asteroids; that's where they get metals from. An EFT sy= stem is
vulnerable to cosmic rays flipping bits.

> On the actual question posed, the metals in the coins needs to be
> cheaper than the value of the coin to avoid people melting them down.<= br> > If the coins are to represent small amounts like on earth then
> palladium is probably out. At current prices 5.6 grams of palladium > (the mass of a US quarter) is about US$90. Including a small amount in=
> an alloy coin might still be possible though.

The other metals should be cheaper than the face value, but one metal= (I'm
picking silver) has to be at face value to provide a standard of value.
Instead of palladium, I'm using rhodium for the coin with most value.
Pierre
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The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain.

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And here I was hoping we'd use a bar= ter system. :(

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