Gold Coins

Gold coins are the currency of the civilization in Foundation. Although not seen within the map, a village can hld an initial 500 coins with the ability to expand capacity with the installation of treasuries in buildings such as a manor house.

Obtaining Coins

There are five routes to obtaining gold coins:

• Trading with other cities
• Taxes collected by tax collectors:
  • Residential Taxes from Houses
  • Milling Taxes from Windmills
  • Mining Taxes from Mining Sites
  • Smithing Taxes from Smiths and Weapon-Makers
  • Drinking Taxes from Taverns
  • Tithe Taxes from Churches and Chapels
• Completion of some Quests
• Tavern visits

Initially income will come from the markets themselves as villagers purchse food and goods with the envoy quests helping to further supplement income. Income from quests can be extended by building a keep and training Combatants to send out to fight in other kingdoms. Due to the requirment of Tools early in the village's devlopment, trade will become available before military quests are a possibility.

As the vilage reaches its most advanced stages of development, taverns will become available which will generate income from villages of high ranks (commoner and above.) Further to this, tax collectors will be able to collect additional revenue from homes, regardless of the rank of the villagers within them.

Unlimited Coins

If a game has the setting Unlimited Coins on, an ∞ will appear instead of the usual current coins and their max capacity. The player will have access to an unlimited amount of them, without worrying about expenses and sufficient income.

Spending Coins

Coins are used for:

• Purchasing territories and their maintenance
• Constructing buildings and their maintenance
• Purchases made via trading
• Promoting Villagers to Commoner (20 Gold Coins) and Citizen (100 Gold Coins) status
• Some of Quests options

The bulk of coins will be spent on territories and buildings, with trade being the second largest potential expense. Construction is as when and only for specific buildings. The expenses for building maintenance, territories and trade are tracked in the Budget section of the Book.