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Avars (Age of Charlemagne) Civil Tier 12

Money Control

To the more pagan, some would say 'primitive', nations of Europe, the concept of money was far more fluid than was the case in the western, Christian kingdoms. Whilst coins were used, they were not valued as highly as goods themselves, which were often bartered or traded like for like. However, if you needed a cow, for instance, but had nothing to exchange, then precious metals and what was known as hacksilver (bits and pieces of random and broken silver regarded to be as good as bullion), could be traded instead. Many Viking treasure hordes found over the years have revealed stores of hacksilver. This is probably because silver was extremely valuable and therefore could only be traded for the most precious and desirable of commodities (large animals, parcels of land, etc.). As the Vikings came into contact with other nations, such as the Franks and Anglo-Saxons, they were exposed to minted coins for the first time and saw the propaganda value of controlling the flow of money and stamping the king's head upon each and every coin.

Node Set Civil Tier 12

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Requires
Requires Technologies	Royal Minting

Enables
Enables Technologies	Feudalism
Enables Buildings	Deep Gold Mine Treasury