Gold bar
A gold bar is the typical form of large amounts of gold. It can be used as currency as well as exchanged for other forms of currency.
Description[edit]
After extraction in the form of nuggets, and then exchanged for coins at a mint, the gold bars are created by melting down the collected nuggets and casting the gold into this new form. Gold bars have the advantage of easy storage and are also a lot harder to steal, especially due to their weight. Gold bars not only make for ease of storage, but unlike nuggets, are a practical way to pay for larger transactions, as the worth of a gold bar is fixed. It can be used to store wealth as well – especially by the treasury of the government.
Of course it is always possible to return a gold bar to the mint in exchange for its worth in coins.
Exchange Rates[edit]
- Cynthia at the Royal Mint in Ultima VII will exchange every gold bar for 100 gold coins.
- Bucia in Moonshade in Ultima VII Part Two will exchange each gold bar for 400 gold coins.
Trivia[edit]
- Gold bars in Britannia have the symbol of the ankh minted onto them (as seen in Ultima VII Part Two).
- The corrupt pikemen in the Bull Tower want a gold bar for setting Captain Hawk free, thus the need to loot the ruined mint, as gold bars are only encountered later in the game.
- Only Bucia in Moonshade exchanges gold bars in Ultima VII Part Two.
Gallery[edit]
The exchange rate in Ultima VII
The exchange rate in Ultima VII Part Two
