Currency of Evolto
Coin Types
Each coin is meticulously crafted from rare materials, ensuring stability and preventing counterfeiting.
1. Ferrum Coin (Iron Coin)
Material: Iron
Value: 1 Ferrum
Usage: Everyday goods such as food, public transport, and basic services.
Description: The most common currency in Evolto City, used by the general populace for minor transactions.
2. Cuprum Coin (Copper Coin)
Material: Copper
Value: 10 Ferrum = 1 Cuprum
Usage: Bulk purchases, larger meals, and minor repairs.
Description: A staple among merchants, laborers, and lower-class citizens for daily trade.
3. Argentum Coin (Silver Coin)
Material: Silver
Value: 100 Ferrum = 1 Argentum
Usage: Luxury goods, refined weaponry, and quality armor.
Description: A middle-tier coin often used in formal transactions and larger trades.
4. Aurum Coin (Gold Coin)
Material: Gold
Value: 1,000 Ferrum = 1 Aurum
Usage: Expensive services, property, rare materials.
Description: Used by the wealthy and those engaging in high-end trade. Aurum coins are often embedded with arcane sigils to prevent theft.
5. Obsidium Coin (Obsidian Core Coin)
Material: Obsidian with an arcane core
Value: 10,000 Ferrum = 1 Obsidium
Usage: High-end enchantments, artifact creation, and mercenary contracts.
Description: A coin used by scholars, artificers, and the black market. These coins are imbued with faint magical energy, making them resistant to forgery.
6. Mithril Coin (Mithril Coin)
Material: Mithril
Value: 100,000 Ferrum = 1 Mithril
Usage: Elite-tier services, custom-made weapons, and large-scale purchases.
Description: Primarily held by the city's elite, military commanders, and high-ranking officials. Mithril coins cannot be destroyed by conventional means.
7. Celestium Coin (Celestial Alloy Coin)
Material: Celestial alloy infused with dimensional energy
Value: 1,000,000 Ferrum = 1 Celestium
Usage: Used in interdimensional trade, personal strongholds, and reality-shaping services.
Description: These coins are exceedingly rare, often used in high-stakes deals between entities of great power. Celestium coins glow with a soft, shifting light, proof of their immense value.
8. Voidstone Coin (Void Essence Coin)
Material: Compressed Void Essence, shaped into a coin
Value: Technically priceless (Cannot be exchanged for Ferrum)
Usage: NOT a transactional currency instead, it is used in the creation of legendary artifacts, weapons, or constructs.
Description: Voidstone Coins exist in such limited quantities that only the most powerful beings in Evolto City have ever held one. They are nearly impossible to spend, as their sheer value makes them unsuitable for trade. Instead, they serve as material components in the forging of world-altering items. Some scholars claim that a single Voidstone Coin could be melted down to reinforce an entire dimension.
Banking & Economy of Evolto City
Evolto City's economy is structured around a coin-based currency system that integrates both conventional trade and advanced arcane finance. With an absence of an "underworld," illicit activity is relegated to a heavily monitored black market, where only the most resourceful traders thrive under strict oversight.
1. Banking Institutions
1.1 The Vault of Eternity (Central Bank of Evolto City)
The largest and most secure banking institution, responsible for currency regulation, wealth storage, and high-value exchanges.
Overseen by a council of financial overseers and sentient AI constructs to ensure stability.
The only entity authorized to handle Voidstone Coins, ensuring they are used solely for artifact creation and reality-altering transactions.
Manages Void Vaults, which exist in pocket dimensions, accessible only to their owners.
1.2 Private Banking Houses
Wealthy individuals and noble families operate private banks to secure high-value assets.
Offer services such as customized vaults, dimensional investments, and estate management.
Some specialize in trade facilitation between realms, ensuring economic growth across Evolto's multiversal connections.
1.3 The Black Coin Market (Regulated Black Market Banking)
An officially tolerated but tightly controlled financial network where high-risk trades occur.
Deals in rare artifacts, restricted knowledge, and experimental technologies.
Transactions above Obsidium Coins require secretive approval from Evolto City's High Council.
Surveillance by Corvo Assassins and the Exo-Knights ensures that black market deals do not threaten the city's stability.
2. Wealth Storage & Security
2.1 Void Vaults (Personal High-Value Storage)
Exists in pocket dimensions, impervious to time manipulation, theft, or forceful intrusion.
Biometrically keyed, ensuring only the owner can access their vault.
Used for storing high-value items, Celestium Coins, and reality-altering relics.
2.2 Blackstone Ledgers (Financial Records)
Arcane-encrypted ledgers track all major financial transactions in Evolto City.
Cannot be altered or destroyed, ensuring absolute financial integrity.
Held within the Vault of Eternity, with copies stored in private banking institutions.
3. Coin Usage & Trade
Each coin tier has designated uses, ensuring a structured and efficient economy:
3.1 Ferrum to Aurum (Everyday Trade & Commerce)
Ferrum, Cuprum, and Argentum Coins: Used for daily expenses, transportation, and common goods.
Aurum Coins: Used in property transactions, advanced services, and skilled labor.
3.2 Obsidium to Celestium (Elite & High-Value Trade)
Obsidium Coins: Used for artifacts, enchantments, rare materials, and specialized technology.
Mithril Coins: Used for military contracts, experimental research, and large-scale infrastructure projects.
Celestium Coins: Used for reality-shifting transactions, high-level negotiations, and securing personal domains within Evolto City.
3.3 Voidstone Coins (Beyond Currency, Used for Creation & Power)
Too valuable to function as traditional money.
Used exclusively for forging legendary weapons, dimensional modifications, and creating sentient artifacts.
Transactions involving Voidstone require High Council approval.
4. Currency Exchange & Investment
4.1 Currency Exchange Centers
Standardized exchange rates regulate trade between Ferrum to Celestium Coins.
Exchanging Mithril and Celestium Coins requires verification of intent and AI oversight.
Exchange between realms allows interdimensional trade and economic expansion.
4.2 Wealth Investment & Growth
Citizens can invest Argentum and Aurum Coins into businesses, technology, and real estate.
The elite invest Obsidium and Mithril Coins in weapon research, energy development, and expansion projects.
Celestium investments influence major city projects, such as Evolto's floating districts or artificial sun enhancements.
5. Notable Uses of High-Tier Coins
Celestium Coin Transactions:
Buying a floating island in Evolto City.
Gaining access to ancient knowledge repositories.
Funding the creation of custom-built lifeforms or entities.
Voidstone Coin Uses:
Forging weapons that alter reality itself.
Stabilizing or expanding Evolto City's artificial sun.
Binding high-tier beings into unbreakable contracts.
6. The Economy of Power & Control
Ferrum to Aurum sustains daily life and commerce.
Obsidium to Celestium dictates elite power and influence.
Voidstone Coins are beyond wealth used for creation and ascension.
Evolto City's financial system ensures economic stability, security, and controlled power distribution, maintaining its place as a hub of wealth and knowledge across the multiverse.