Post by maniac4bricks on May 10, 2017 6:20:36 GMT
Jotting down some notes from an old theory idea, with a few updates.
In LEGO sets, there are several forms of payment that minifigures actively use: coins, dollar bills, and checks. There are gold ingots and various gems, but these serve as either treasure or backing for the currency.
The only unit of measurement for each of these methods of payment is known as studs, as introduced in 10251 Brick Bank [
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]. So it's best to assume all those $100 tiles we've had for years as well as the discontinued 10, 20, 30, 40 coins [ 
] were the equivalent of dollars in our world. Let's not forget the 5 denomination from Friends as well. We will count those in as Friends and City use the same $100 bill and there isn't a current 5 coin in City. This stud measurement also lines up with the LEGO video games' currency for buying vehicles, characters and more.
However there is an issue: studs are dollars, not cents. And there are cents in the LEGO world as demonstrated on 2-3 cash register prints with decimal readings, one being System [
]. For now we can call them cents, but we can't prove if the coins are for cents or studs, right? Well sort of. There are a few cases where coin patterns are shown in drawstring bags [ 
] or a castle marketplace costs [ 
] .
To be continued later.
Later notes: Fiat money, troy ounces, pearl gold as coins [ www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=98138&in=S ]
In LEGO sets, there are several forms of payment that minifigures actively use: coins, dollar bills, and checks. There are gold ingots and various gems, but these serve as either treasure or backing for the currency.
The only unit of measurement for each of these methods of payment is known as studs, as introduced in 10251 Brick Bank [
] were the equivalent of dollars in our world. Let's not forget the 5 denomination from Friends as well. We will count those in as Friends and City use the same $100 bill and there isn't a current 5 coin in City. This stud measurement also lines up with the LEGO video games' currency for buying vehicles, characters and more.However there is an issue: studs are dollars, not cents. And there are cents in the LEGO world as demonstrated on 2-3 cash register prints with decimal readings, one being System [
]. For now we can call them cents, but we can't prove if the coins are for cents or studs, right? Well sort of. There are a few cases where coin patterns are shown in drawstring bags [ ] or a castle marketplace costs [ ] .To be continued later.
Later notes: Fiat money, troy ounces, pearl gold as coins [ www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=98138&in=S ]
