Quote Originally Posted by brian 333 View Post
It's your world. But once we get working spaceships the rarity of metals will vanish. Example: there is a series of mines in New Mexico that have yielded copper for over a century which are believed to have been created by the breakup and impact of a single meteorite a billion years ago. Find one gold meteor and your Krugarand collection becomes children's toys.
Well a standard D&D gold coin is one fiftieth of a pound instead of a troy ounce which is one twelfth of a pound precious metals will still be precious just not as precious. Spending gold coins will be like spending Benjamin's. The great thing about gold coins is you can't counterfeit them, their underlying value is their metal content.