Collectible coin

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A collectible coin is a series of coins minted at events. They can be stored in a coin book or a coin sack. These items were sold at both the Ebon Gate Festival in 2002 and the 2002 Artisan's Faire.

Coin

The coin was minted via machine and included a variety of different kinds.

Analyze

You analyze your empath coin and sense that there is no recorded information on that item.  It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer.

You get no sense of whether or not the coin may be further lightened.

Inspect

Inspecting that may not be a sound idea.

SHOW

You glance at the coin.  The platinum coin is stamped with an image of the Ebon Gate.  Underneath is imprinted, "Minted in the month Jastatos, day 28 the year 5102."  On the reverse is a finely detailed rendering of a helpful empath.
Verb First Third
TOSS You toss your coin and catch it deftly with your other hand. It comes up tails/heads! XXX tosses her coin up in the air and catches it deftly with the other hand. It comes up tails!

Book

The book is used to store specially minted event coins. It has five pages for coins.

Analyze

You analyze your coin book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item.  It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer.

You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened.

SHOW

On page 1, you see a gold empath coin, a gold sylvan coin, a gold rogue coin, a gold bard coin and a gold half elf coin.
Verb First Third
CLOSE You carefully close the cover of the coin book and flip the latch closed. XXX closes the cover of her coin book and secures its latch.
OPEN You carefully unlatch and open your coin book. You notice you opened it to page #. XXX flips the latch of her coin book and opens the cover.
PUT (coin in book) You carefully close the cover of the coin book and flip the latch closed. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
TURN You carefully turn your coin book from page 1 to 2. XXX casually turns a page in her coin book.

Additional Information

Coin Types

Coins came in different metals:

  • Brass
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Kelyn
  • Platinum

There were also multiple types. The included profession and profession title coins, race coins, and specialty coins.

Specialty Coins

Some specialty coins included:

  • Doomsayer
  • Innkeeper
  • Krazy Funhouse

Note: These lists are no all-inclusive and their may be additional types.

The coins were sold alongside not only books for storage, but a sack or pouch; the latter items had no special properties.

Collectible coin Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Miscellaneous
Item(s) Applied to
Alterable
Light/Deep
Original Release Venue Artisan's Faire
Original Release Year 2002
Item Verbs
CLOSE OPEN PUT TOSS
TURN