Emerald
As in Minecraft, the Colonia Economy uses the emerald as it's official currency. Players may buy or sell materials and items at various stores throughout Colonia, including the Colonia Depot flagship store in Sentinel Hill and smaller branches in major cities and towns.
Stores that sell materials and items will contain payment chests, usually located inside near the main/front door(s). A player purchasing items must place the exact payment of emeralds into the payment chest. Unless otherwise specified at the store, players may only buy from the store. Players may also sell items at all Colonia Depot stores using the payment chests to withdraw the exact number of emeralds for what they are selling. Colonia uses the honor system with emerald trading and the player is expected to be honest and deposit or withdraw the correct amount of emeralds at the payment chests when trading. All players in Colonia have been whitelisted and are expected to not steal, cheat or grief. We have a verification system in place to monitor who/what/when gets placed into or taken out of all chests. Please do not risk being suspended or banned from Colonia by stealing or cheating. Underpayments are not allowed. If you don't have enough emeralds to make a purchase, please go trade with a villager or sell other items to the Colonia Depot to obtain emeralds.
Selling and buying items at the Colonia Depot stores is only available on merchandise that is priced with a sign on the chest. If there is no price sign on the chest, the items inside are NOT available for sale - they are most likely recent donations or new items that will soon be available. Prices are usually given in two quantities: a minimum purchase price and a stack price (usually 64). Items that do not stack will only have a per unit price. Prices on a sign may read "64E/64 1E/1" which indicates that a stack of 64 emeralds (indicated as "E") is required to purchase a stack of 64 of this item and 1 emerald is required for a minimum purchase of 1.
The prices on signs at all Colonia Depot stores are the same for selling items to the store and buying items from the store. You may notice that there is no price break for buying a full stack of items as opposed to buying 1 of the item. This is to prevent exploiting (cheating) the system by buying in bulk and selling back at the single unit price. The Colonia Depot is a government funded not-for-profit facility. All prices are considered fair market value and have been carefully evaluated.
Villagers throughout Colonia also buy and sell using emeralds for currency. In most cases, villager trade prices are higher than the prices at Colonia Depot. This is due to their limited quantities and selection of merchandise. In rare cases, villager trade prices may be lower than prices at Colonia Depot.
