Long ago when I rolled my first imperial and finally got high enough to call centurions I was SOOOOOOOOOOOO happy! I had dreams of using them to collect gold because it seemed a no-brainer (as someone who had been on the opposite side of the fence forced to pay centurions) that OF COURSE there will be a mechanism to get some of the gold the centurions I've called up are collecting.

MAN! What a dissapointment that was after about 30 minutes trying to figure out how to get my gold. :(

So in light of the comments on this very thread about mitigating the grind of collecting gold, how about imperials get a percentage of the gold the centurions they call collect (have it go directly to their donations) so that the cost of calling them is mitigated by their potential profit to you.