Allanean Dollar
A free market in currency exists in the United States in Allanea, and over 17,500 private currencies are minted by a variety of companies. The central government's contribution to this pool of currencies was, for a time, the Allanean Dollar. The Allanean Dollar is no longer minted and has almost completely left circulation. This article discusses the Allanean Dollar as it functioned at its height.
The Allanean dollar is not imparted value by government fiat. It is worth as much as its gold content. The basic coin of the United States of Allanea is the the Allanean dollar, is a small transparent plastic coin. Inside the plastic, a thin sheet of gold rests. The gold weighs 0.165 grams of gold. The value of the coin is equal, at all times, to the value of that gold. The government stamp and denomination etched on the coin only serves to prove that is does, indeed, contain that amount. Small change is similar transparent coin, containing even thinner, 0.0315- and 0.0165-gram gold sheets.
Further in value is the 10-dollar coin, which contains 1.65 grams of gold. However, at the 20 dollar level, it starts getting interesting. Currency starting at 20 dolars is a piece of gold in a transparent card with the government stamp on it. The weight is as follows:
3.15 grams = 20 Allanean dollars. 7.95 grams = 50 Allanean Dollars 16.5 grams = 100 Allanean Dollars 31.5 grams = 200 Allanean Dollars
One side of the gold piece inside the plastic features it's value and a unique number, the other, the face of a famous political leader (Alexander Kazansky, Richard Pipes, Ayn Rand and Thomas Jefferson). The faces of the leaders take one square inch of space each. The rest of the space is free for advertisements. On the coins, one side is free for advertisement, and the other bear the value of the coin.
The advertisement costs are as follows
On coins up to 1 dollar in value
500 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 coins, 70 allanean dollars for each 1,000 coins thereafter.
On 10-dollar coin
300 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 coins, 50 allanean dollars for each 1,000 coins thereafter.
On 20-dolar cards
250 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 cards, 30 allanean dollars for each 1,000 cards thereafter.
On 50-dollar cards
20 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 cards, 25 allanean dollars for each 1,000 cards thereafter.
On 100-dollar cards
150 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 cards, 15 allanean dollars for each 1,000 cards thereafter.
On 200-dolar cards
100 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 cards, 10 allanean dollars for each 1,000 cards thereafter.
Those prices assume a logo of about 1 square inch in size. Larger logos = more money. One may also make advertisments (on cards) for 25% of the named price, but then we'll place several other logos on the same card, too.
Example of a card with a corporate logo.
