NationStates Jolt Archive

The latest trend in the land of Faestos is currency collecting.
As a result, people have an increased desire to get informed of the other Nations coins and banknotes.

It has been decided amongst the members of the Nine Council to establish a world fair of currencies, hosted in the Metropolis museum.
All are welcome to just speak of their currencies or send us photographic material of them. Following is our own:

Official Faestos currency is the Nomis, divided in 100 Adras(Or Ad, using their abbreviation).
Nomis symbol is N$.

Only Central Bank of Faestos has authorization to issue Banknotes and the Central Bank Mint coins.
Recently(1998), a subdivision of CBF, Mountain Design Bureau, was contracted by the government of the Nine, to redesign the banknotes and increase their security features, which is since an ongoing process with very satisfactory results.

Banknotes -- Denominations : 5,10,20,50,100(though 100 Nomis banknotes are nowadays a quite rare sight)
Those displayed here belong in 3 series, each time with increased security features, E4(2003-2005), E4b(2005-2007), E5(2008-Current)
(OOC: More on this to be added progressively)

Since 1998 Faestos Central Bank retained the look, despite version changes, as follows:

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6631/faestianbanknotesqi2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/faestianbanknotesqi2.jpg/1/w1298.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img117/faestianbanknotesqi2.jpg/1/)

The standard Faestos coin includes both Adras and Nomis denominations, specifically 1 Adras, 2 Adras, 5 Adras, 10 Adras, 20 Adras, 50 Adras, 1 Nomis, 2 Nomis.

A graphical representation of those follows
(OOC: there is space bellow their names so I can add details progressively if needed, like sizes, metals used what they faces represent, etc)

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4562/faestoscoinsis5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/faestoscoinsis5.jpg/1/w2107.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img177/faestoscoinsis5.jpg/1/)

Also Faestian coins actual size
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7324/coinssizedgz4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/coinssizedgz4.jpg/1/w671.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img179/coinssizedgz4.jpg/1/)

OOC: For comparison, 5 adras is the size of a quarter.
IC:

The Uir currency is the arjet. At any given time the exchange rate is approximately US$2 = 1 arjet. Bills come in denominations of 1 arjet, 2 arjets, 5 arjets, 10 arjets, 20 arjets and 50 arjets.

The arjet is divided into 1,000 mila. Coins come in denominations of 1 mila, 2 mila, 5 mila, 10 mila, 20 mila, 50 mila, 100 mila, 200 mila and 500 mila.

OOC: Your paper currency is very good. Do you wish to design my arjets?

{stolen} Ill add my currency once I have finished it.

As a representative of the Mountain Design Bureau, I'd have to decline presently any offers other Nations might have have as they admire our currencies, as our main focus is Faestian currency for the time being.(OOC: actual reasons 1.I'm really tired after completing those, three months of gathering info and working on multiple graphics stuff, I had to make the 5,10,20 of those in 2 days and I now have to complete my military graphics stuff! 2. It's really hard to make them. I have some stuff of my own, but for the most part they're stuff I got from elsewhere and that runs out fast.
However maybe at some point I'll consider it{this is no promise}. In the meantime, I suggest http://www.onlinewahn.de/generator/m-maker.htm I used it to create my coins)

OOC: 'tis ok, I understand. They are very top notch and it is obvious that you put a lot of time and effort into them. I hope that someday I (probably by Christmas) I will be able to create such magnificent works of art.

OOC:
Thank you, it's good to get my work recognized.
In case others from my region don't ask too, I get some time and you haven't made your own by when I'll be able, I'll seriously consider your request, though I'm not sure for the number of notes I can still make with no more materials searched for, or created.

If I will, they will have the Mountain Design Bureau though. That said, my best wishes to you for great creativity in order to make them soon enough.