double post.

Rigma reminds me of the armor Nigma from D2

I really think Gold is fine. Or else something like Ducats, or the like. And if Gildar, why not just Guilders?

Don't like Rigma at all, though.

But currency is still needed in some form so i guess money would come from something that is still comman to come across and you will need to pay for people for work as well as taxing them for other things. so really it would be fair that gold would grow back up in value since it is a rare metal and there would be fewer people with it as empires start to grow in size and power,

Rigma sounds fine but it would be nice if we would be able to name our own empire's currency but then we would go down the path of Currency trading... which would be an unwanted game mechanic. So something that can be used for all races and empires would be of easy use to the game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_stick

Gold is a rare metal unless its the most comman in elemental, really comes down to how comman it is and how hard it is to get.

How about calling them Naggaroks?  There was a Cataclysm in Elemental after all.

All right, in all seriousness I like them being called Gildars.

I do like the simplicity of Crowns.  It's been used historically by a number of countries, because it just refers to their monarch.  Each kingdom/empire of Elemental would have their own Crowns (with their own sovereign's ugly mug stamped on it), so it would make sense for them all to have the same name.

Then again, I suppose if you want to use a made up name, you can just say it means "Crown" in one of the languages of Elemental.

Hey, speaking of our soveriegn's ugly mugs, it would be a nice touch if somewhere in the GUI (like any sort of economics screen) it showed a little gold coin for your kingdom with your sovereign's image stamped into it.  You could just take the image/pose from his info card.

Superficial, I know, but it would be nice.

I like the idea of the currency actually meaning something, either in real life or written it with Elemental fluff.

The Koku:  The koku was originally defined as a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koku

or.. you could sell out .. do some in game advertising.

That unit will cost  you 40 Pepsi..... I don't suggest using coke as a unit of money.. as it could send the wrong message. 

Rigma? Is that short for rigmarole? It's a terrible name.

Second 'gold'. It should be abstract enough that it can apply to any game. Unless this is for the novel.

Isn't there any name used in the books ?

And I really like skael.