Talk:Zorkmid

There is a clear difference between Zorkmid and gold piece, Zorkmid is the currency and gold pieces are the coinage. In American English an item may cost 1 dollar, but you pay with a 1 dollar bill. E.g. nethack could possibly have silver coins as well, being worth less Zorkmids than a gold piece but still be allowed as method of payment.

The gold piece is an object, the Zorkmid not. The DevTeam separated them very well I think. Since the concepts are different, it could possibly be split into two articles, but that might also be confusing. Maybe the page could be called "gold piece" since it might be preferred that every object in the game has its own page.

The term "coin(s)" for gold pieces (used often on the wiki) is maybe a little misleading. I doubt there will be a face of Rodney on every piece even before it is digged up by a dwarf :-).

Just my thoughts, --BlackShift 07:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)