Mint block for Numismatics

[silk current]

Currently the only ways available to set up a server with currency are by putting a creative vendor somewhere or doing something fancy with datapacks/kubejs. I feel like the first option has a level of inconvenience to it with regards to requiring players to travel to the vendor to make their transaction while the second option can be too technical for people who have never dealt with kubejs or datapacks before. I wanted to propose a third option that mitigates both of these issues.

My idea is a block called the Mint. Essentially it is a creative vendor however all mint blocks across the server share the same trades, edit one mint and all other mints on the server change as well. The trade available in the mint could either be configured by a config file or an in-game gui that only op players can access. The mint would be craftable in survival, allowing a player to craft one, place it at their base, and use it to exchange whatever item the server has set up in exchange for whatever exchange rate of currency the server decides.

I made a test model of what a mint block could hypothetically look like. As it would have a fixed trade and no gui for players without op, I thought it intuitive to have 2 spots on the front texture of the block to display what the input item and output currency denomination would be.

Also yes, I did modify the bank texture for this, I did change the model though

[south umbra]

Another option which works well is for mobs to drop money when killed by a player

[silk current]

True but the point of my idea is to find a solution that avoids having to set up datapack or kubejs scripts

[dark igloo]

How I can get the coins in numismatic

In survival

[delicate flower]

#faq

[shy geyser]

should really add a way to obtain them in survival. At least a config.........

[coarse widget]

Mob farms become too OP then

[shy geyser]

mint should use Ancient Debris/ Netherite Scraps to make 1 sun. A bank could then break that unit into the smaller coin variants. This makes it difficult while not impossible to get currency in survival. It also makes sense why the banker is a blaze as they are both found in the nether

[shadow bough]

That's something we could consider

Making coins part of certain structure loot tables might also make sense

[delicate flower]

Well most people making mod packs/servers prefer it not having any recipes

Since then they need to remove that and add their own ways

[shy geyser]

Mod config for survival recipe would be best of both worlds