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Franks Civil Tier 11

Royal Minting

When his face is everywhere, there can be no doubt who rules.

Although the first mints appeared as early as the 7th century BC and spread swiftly around the ancient world, the concept of using coins to define value wasn't adopted by the northern tribes until much later. Prior to the 2nd century BC, bartering and payment-in-kind were widely-used by various tribes and petty kingdoms; the concept of an alternative to treasure that could be accumulated to obtain wealth was alien to the barbarian mindset. Although coins were used by the Celts from that point onwards, the first Germanic ruler to mint in his own name, and bearing his image, was Rechiar, who was king of the Suebi during the 3rd century AD. However, he had other motives aside from the stimulation of the economy, seeing minting, rightly, as a form of propaganda with which to consolidate his powerbase. Once the Vandals and Visigoths occupied former Roman territory they took over much of the ailing Empire's infrastructure, and as such began minting coins from the late 5th century onwards. At first they simply continued to mint 'pseudo-Imperial' coinage such as the 'tremissis' and 'solidus', but eventually reformed the system and produced independent currency using classic designs. Some mints even appropriated Imperial iconography, something that was undoubtedly shocking to their contemporaries but served as a blatant declaration of intent to rule in the Empire's stead.

Effects

Food: +5 from developments (all provinces)
Public order: +1 from bureaucratic reforms (all provinces)
Wealth: +7% from commercial buildings (faction_to_region_own_unseen)

Requires
Requires Technologies	Royal Household Tolls & Customs

Enables
Enables Technologies	New Aristocracy
Enables Buildings	Fishing Port Trade Port Amber Market Slave Market Slave Market

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