Re: Money

[ElevenMike@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-04-14 20:19:37 EDT, you write:

>>   Mint buildings would be in areas heavily irradiated.  Any recovery
>>operation base on knowledge of the mint's existance and contents would fail
>>miserably.  By the time the Project shows up, noone knows Who, What, Where,
>>Why, How, or if it's safe to go into the place parents have been telling
>>children to stay away from (the ruined city) for four generations.
>>
>
>        Actually, you win on these points. It happens that the inital
>poisonousness of the place would stop most attempts on the loot. Many would
>try, but very few would ever succeed. I hadn't given the initial radiation a
>thought.
>
>

  Can you shed any light on the usefulness of the old mint?  I belive that
there would be a lot of precious metal there (for minting special coins and
the like), in addition to copper, nickel, and ??????

   With there being several Mints ariound the country (plus the "Franklin
Mint tm"),  any opinions?  Would it be worth the effort to try and reinstate
US currency?

   The initial radiation is a common theme in my campaigns.  What do the
locals make up?  Legends?  Taboos?  How did the OOOPS! affect thier ancestors
(as this will be evident 150 yrs later)?

Thanks :o)

Scott Hann