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It’s time to name the currency in Elemental.
The Random House team has come up with rigma which we like a lot.
An alternative would be gildars.
But if someone has a really cool name we’ll consider it.
The destruction of all the old civilizations brought on by the war of the Titans took away the reason for money. So the survivors reverted to the bartering of old, and went back to weighing things to assure fair trade. As time went on some semblance of order appeared and new terms of the weight and weighing became the the root of new currencies. So as the ancient Greeks of our world created 'Stater' as a coin ( literally meaning 'weigh') I'd suggest that Skael be the new coin, as it refers to the scales used to weigh items of worth. This word is similar to the Old Norse word skål which meant a cup or shell used as a measurement.
i don't care what you call it just calling it gold seems kinda lame these days.
I'm partial to good old fashion gold personally. Gold is the standard by which all other currencies are measured.
Out of the two in the OP I prefer rigma.
As a side note what's the plural of rigma? Rigmas?
what use would gold have when the world has gone through a nuclear like war?
I'd like a basic description of the currency, if possible, as in is it basic metal coins or will it be covered in a different way - such as metalic squares or leather notes or some such?
On a diffrent chain of thought, as we're playing as people who are rebuilding the world from scratch after it was destroyed, would it not make sense to allow us to name the currency whatever we so chose? I mean, if we're the ones rebuilding everything then I think we should be able to name it if we want? Maybe use whatever the decided name is as the default?
I really like this idea. 
I like Crowns (real world) that has a royal appeal to it. Thus these "I MADZ A WARD!!" names just make me cringe.
The suggestion to let us type it in outselfs was the best IMO
I use virgins for currency anyway. Or the skulls of gnomes. If I have to hand over a bag full of shiskibahibannieh'sheufls then Im gonna be pissed!
It seems to me that in a world with a multitude of equal and diverse nations, you would be less likely to find a dominant currency than a dominant material. Historically, people traded precious metals or valuable, easily transportable goods such as tea bricks. It wasn't the image on the coin that was valuable so much as the weight and purity.
What you need isn't a currency name so much as a generic word for shiny coins or colorful beads or whatever these people carry around in their pockets. I actually like "rigma", as long as the plural form is the same.
That does make quite a bit of sense. I can hardly imagine multiple spontaneously emerging kingdoms using the same currency; especially across the fallen/human faction lines. That said, it is impractical from a gameplay perspective. Especially with objects in the world (such as an abandoned caravan) from which you can gather money. For the same reason fantasy boars drop chainmail pants, so too must currency be standardized.
IMO rigma sounds pretty good. Especially if pronounced with a slightly rolled 'r' and the second syllable stressed. 
Gildar or Rigma as long there is no pural. No one sayes you owe me 500 golds.
But i would say a seperate coin for each faction would be cool as long as them are all worth 1:1 ratio ingame.
ps a custom name for custom faction would be even better.
You have to remember, it is a game, and although it would be cool for some for each faction to have their own currency, to what benefit of effort does this conceive for Stardock? It makes simple across the board if everyone shared the same currency name. Delving into the idea of there being no currency and instead bartering things I think is to absurd for a simple game mechanic.
Look at Civilization, the first starting epoch is the stone age, where there was no such thing as currency. Yet the game had it, gold. Same thing concerning with the end game epochs.
My personal favorite is Florins.
However, I also like Gold, Reini, and Aurum
I suppose if I had to choose between Rigma or Gildar, I would choose Rigma. Only if its 1 Rigma, 10 Rigma, 1000 Rigma, type of deal. Another option I liked, that was mentioned by some, is Shardii.
What the heck is a rigma? Gildars = Gilders = Old timey coin. Gildars works for me.
If the name isn't intuitive then people will just call it gold or something.
Personally, I think "rigma" sounds horrible. "Gildar" sounds ok but sounds more like a name more than anything..Gildar the Great! I agree with some of the other posters...Gold or Silver sounds just fine.
Ya see, rigmar is a kind of name that, upon immediate observance, sounds horrible and grotesquely abstract. However over time it grows on you. To the point that, I have gone from puking over the name Rigmar to actually becoming rather fond of it. Its more artistic, and has a sense of individuality ... but perhaps it could break the immersion for some people.
As I have stated previously, Florins is my personal favorite. The only downside is that not only is it the modern day currency of Hungary, but it was also used in Medieval2:Total War.
Gold, Reini, Aurum, and Shardii are all appropriate alternatives.
which ever is reached in the end i'm sure we won't care that much since we will be playing the game, but since you brought it up now its an issue that we didn't care about before that now we do.
come up with your own words or steal borrow some from others as long as it works it works 
I know these have already be in real world use . but i like the old world sound to them.
schillings and pence
examples:
100 pence to make a schilling.
that will be 8 shillings and 54 pence please .
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