tame yew
Currency in Eco acts like a digital currency, it is not a material that can be melted down nor does it take time and effort to produce outside the initial investment in the Mint + currency sacrifice.
What this mod does is move the Mint to the Electronics Table and allows a Blacksmith to divide metal Ingots into coins that can be melted back into ingots by a smith without loss except for calories and time. There is also paper money for the paper maker that takes printing supplies to produce without a meaningful recycling option that represents a middle between metal based currency and fully digital currency.
There are four different designs to choose from; Wheat, Elk, Redwood Seed and Pickaxe. Coins have a choice between four different metals to be made from; Iron, Copper, Gold and a Copper Gold Alloy (Billon). Paper money is made from Printing Supplies and Copper Hydroxide (green color).
The inspiration of this mod comes from my fascination with the history of money and how Eco skips all of the challenge and history to go straight to a digital currency. You can think of this mod as Anti-Quality of Life for the normal Eco experiance as it delays the Mint from being produced until the end game and extends the chaos of the early-middle game trading. Coins have a stack size of 500 and a very small weight (gold being heaviest) with paper money having a stack size of 1k and the smallest possible weight.
Part of the challenge of this mod is that any Blacksmith can make coins and any Smith can melt them down. It will be up to the players to decide on the best approach to limit or deal with over/under supply of currency. A simple approach being to limit creation of coin molds/paper money with a title and agree between towns which designs each town should have exclusive rights to.
Another challenge is taxation. Prepaid taxes by exchanging for the mayor's personal "digital" currency that is driving the laws with a store to get it or selling land/titles with exclusive rights as an historical example. Dinner parties while asking for donations or simply begging rich players for money are additional alternatives to direct taxation.
Last tested on Eco version 12.0.2 at 2025-10-25
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