There are a few reasons why it's not worth nearly as much right now...
- We've yet to get more than 15-20 people to donate some of their moon to fund something. Getting $10-15k donation to something with some active marketing will help push the coin forward price wise.
- We've no "Foundation" promoting the currency externally...which is second sentence from above.
- We're stuck at super high mining...which may not be horrible given how many coins immediately go into the sell walls from the miners
The dev is active, but i don't know how much help he's gotten in terms of promotion.
How do you know that dev is active? There has been no sign of his activity lately, nor updates...
EDIT: Oh, the dev has finally spoken, but on Reddit forum, here is his post:
http://www.reddit.com/r/MoonCoin/comments/1xnu9j/official_update_2112014/