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The Gold Coins

posted 8 years ago by Steefnesss
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I really like the idea of a ready made currency that is universal among the criminal underworld, but there are a few uses of the coins that really make me scratch my head. The uses in question are the fees for the cleaners, and entrance to the secret bar. It seems one gold coin is good enough to get a single body disposed of (and they even clean up the place for you as well, what service!) as well as getting you into the bar for seemingly one night. It seems that either the cleaners are getting underpaid for their services (the little old guy had a bunch of employees) or the bar is getting overpaid in their cover charges. It's a ticky tacky thing to point out, but its something that's been rattling around in my head since I watched it again in preparation for the sequel.

Take your flunky and dangle.

[–] kenburke (2396) 6 years ago

At least they're not bitcoins.

[–] JunoItsBill (93) 5 years ago

I didn’t get the impression that the bar they went to was one that people in that circle go to for “just having a drink and hanging out because I’m bored.” It seemed extremely high end. Which would kind of make sense that it costs one coin to get in if it’s where the best of the best and richest go. It’s in nyc so I’d assume a lot of members from around the country/world would go there for a high class time, and it’s probably great for networking if you’re involved with their businesses. And it’s not like you get one coin for doing an insanely difficult, resource intensive hit, you’d probably get a lot. I may be wrong in estimating the coins worth, but it seems somewhat possible that one coin to get in is not too extreme. Also there may be different denominations of coins that are similar in appearance.