Apologies if this has already been posted or you've already thought about it. I'm pretty positive it isn't a stupid idea though FC :)
It strikes me that gold is imbalanced/not very useful. It's much easier to collect a lot of gold than iron, which hurts immersion (I'd expect to find a decent amount of iron long before I got much gold). Also, gold doesn't have very many uses (and when it does, you don't need much) so there's not much incentive to mine it. I realize that it's probably difficult and time-consuming to overhaul gold, but could you keep it in mind for a future update at some point? Make it a good deal rarer, especially in villages/temples, and add some good recipes that require a significant quantity of gold.