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It has come to my attention that there is little to none documented lore of the Mina. I asked around the community, and the closest thing to lore was a 3D model apparently made by a Dev. I couldn't find it, so I hope I can describe the coin to the best of my abilities.

 

 

Appearance:

The Mina. A small, round coin with about a half inch diameter. Such an illusive little coin has dominated and lasted through all realms the mortals have been put through. The small coin is developed by the Monks of the Cloud temple, as they are the most secured and uncorruptable peoples. On one side of the coin, two hands meeting each other in a shake are shown, while two words are imprinted above and below the symbol. 'Allies, Trade'. The handshake represents both the sealing of business, and the forging of new friendships. The other side shows the now long forgotten face of Prince Native. ((This was in the old description of the Mina)). The coin seems incredibly light and easy to carry and transport. The very first Minas back in the days of Aegis were in fact smaller, round marble-like gems. These were used throughout the days of Aegis and until Asulon. When the races arrived to Asulon, the citizens found that all of their previous Minas were missing. Therefore, a new type had to be created. The Minas of Asulon were in fact paper bills, easy foldable yet much to fragile. These bills were a deep gold, still with the proud face of Prince Shift on the front. After the races fled to Anthos, they again lost the last currency. In Anthos they made the currency into a coin, though this one was square. On one side was a hand holding a sword, engraved on the front was 'Trade. Power.'. Still, the archaic face of prince Native was held on the back of the coin. After the days of The Fringe, Thales and finally leading up to Athera the Monks decided the image of a weapon was too suggestive of violence. Instead they wanted to make the Minas a more unifying force, and added the current image of two hands shaking.

 

History:

The Minas was originally introduced to unify the trade of the Five (or six when the Kharajyr were introduced), as to make the trading system much easier and fluid. The coin has been around as long as many may remember, dating back to the days of Malin and his brothers. The  Monks, along with their temple construct the Central Bank of Unity. This bank is a representative of the Unity the Minas has always provided. This bank holds mysterious depths, though people have found when they delve deep enough they find a large, odd and archaic machine powered by Magic. The Machine has a sharp, circular like end on a piston, which slams down into a mixture of rock, gem and gold. This shapes and cuts down the pre-heated slab of the concoction, shaping the coin. The coin is flipped then with a jet of air, and the process repeats. Though these elements in the Minas may not be separated, therefore one could not melt Minas down back into gold. The only time Minas are given to the public by the Monks are when a new soul enters the realm, and the Order gives them a proper starting amount so they may begin their journey.

 

 

((Clearly this all needs work, so please post criticism/additions in the comments so I may add it to the lore. I decided to make something like this so we may finally, have an official post on the Mina.

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Arnorian remembers the use of the Durnem coin in Ildon.

 

 

That being said, great work on this! Very intresting little lore tidbit. :D

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Hm, I don't think there is a critical need for mina lore. I actually enjoy the open-ended currency interpretation and think that there is more roleplay to be found without lore than with.

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Hm, I don't think there is a critical need for mina lore. I actually enjoy the open-ended currency interpretation and think that there is more roleplay to be found without lore than with.

 

Oh, I see. Well I just figured it would have been better instead of people having different types of Minas..

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Just a note... mina actually means free in Adunian. You can come up with some history from that if you'd like

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I honestly call it "Coin"

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Just a note... mina actually means free in Adunian. You can come up with some history from that if you'd like

 

Just a heads up that mina is a currency in the Near East during the reign of the Sumerians. Please feel free to exchange your shekels with me for minas, I am a renown alchemist known round the serverscape for my Federal Reserve presses [known to print 1,000,000 minas].

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Perhaps the Monks ought to establish a the Central Bank of Athera and incite the ire of closet anti-federalists. Just food for thought.

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Can I retain my position as Head Chairman of said Bank? I promise you that I will give you results as quick as spelling out /money give gaiusmarius8 100000000000

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guis i wont accept teh mina use without proper lore

 

 

" lore > fun " -teh great and holeh dalek 

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I hope you know there is no...singular form of 'Minas'. They are 'Minas'. They've been around since maybe even the start of the server in the form of coins. That's really all there has ever been to them. I, do, however like the idea of having some RP like higher value coins and such to provide for someone carrying like twenty-thousand Minas on them.

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Added:

The  Monks, along with their temple construct the Central Bank of Unity. This bank is a representative of the Unity the Minas has always provided. This bank holds mysterious depths, though people have found when they delve deep enough they find a large, odd and archaic machine powered by Magic. The Machine has a sharp, circular like end on a piston, which slams down into a mixture of rock, gem and gold. This shapes and cuts down the pre-heated slab of the concoction, shaping the coin. The coin is flipped then with a jet of air, and the process repeats. Though these elements in the Minas may not be separated, therefore one could not melt Minas down back into gold.

 

Please reply more criticism! Thank you for the idea Equinocks!

 

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The only time Minas are given to the public by the Monks are when a new soul enters the realm, and the Order gives them a proper starting amount so they may begin their journey.

 

Also added^

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Hm... This is a weird subject. Minas have always been a currency that just 'existed' without much of a background. On one hand something so integral to the culture development of LotC is strange that it doesn't have more lore but the more you look back on things like that, such as Aenguls and Daemons or Cloud Temple Monks (The unplayable kind) seem to share a similar methology. Perhaps lore on their description may be fine and well but I don't think a production method needs to be stated.

 

Hm, I don't think there is a critical need for mina lore. I actually enjoy the open-ended currency interpretation and think that there is more roleplay to be found without lore than with.

 

The lore team is the one who decides this, Telanir.

 

Just a note... mina actually means free in Adunian. You can come up with some history from that if you'd like

 

Irrelevant to the lore of the mina which, in and of itself, is significantly older than the culture of the Adunians

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Hm... This is a weird subject. Minas have always been a currency that just 'existed' without much of a background. On one hand something so integral to the culture development of LotC is strange that it doesn't have more lore but the more you look back on things like that, such as Aenguls and Daemons or Cloud Temple Monks (The unplayable kind) seem to share a similar methology. Perhaps lore on their description may be fine and well but I don't think a production method needs to be stated.

 

 

Ah, so should I remove the entirety of the 'History' section, or simply the Central Unity Bank part?

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Ah, so should I remove the entirety of the 'History' section, or simply the Central Unity Bank part?

 

A short history of how they have changed would be suitable(Starting from the year LotC/Aegis launched), no mint/bank required. While Prince Native is an OK figure (Native, not Shift) Minas might have shifted in physical differences over the years.

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