Let's talk money, fictional money???

Entirely made-up with not much of a system because I don’t want to bother XD

In Elgana, it’s omnia. There’s paper and coins.

Sorcerers, however, have their own little naming system for the coins and paper. I forgot what it was :stuck_out_tongue: I think coins were trinks or something like that.

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I use Bars, and Coins.

Both in Silver and Gold.

5 Silver Coins = 1 Gold Coin.
5 Gold Coins = 1 Silver Bar.
5 Silver Bars = 1 Gold Bar.

Coins are about the size of a 5p (UK) . Bars are somewhat 5cm length and 1cm thick. And they are cylindrical in shape.

SD

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I’ve been avoiding currency in my world for… ever. xD Mostly because I want them to use actual made-up currency, but I got lazy and didn’t want to do conversions for real money.

Same thing with language. Despite the book being in English (for obvious reasons haha), my characters speak a language called Aklasion but you never see any words in the book because… I just don’t know how to create an actual language. How some writers can do it (I’m looking at you Star Trek with your Klingon :eyes:) is beyond me. :upside_down_face:

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I must be real lazy then. I just used US currency in story, but with a different name.

Yeah, very creative, Qualeshia…:unamused:

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I would’ve done the same. :rofl:

But since mine takes place in the far future where almost everything is obsolete, and it’s not even in the US, it didn’t make sense to use our currency. :sweat_smile:

I believe I did create a word for the currency, but I don’t remember what it was. :woman_facepalming: It was added a revision or so ago in a scene I had where people were betting on something happening as a joke (like “I bet (whatever money) on that happening”) xD

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What’s even more hilarious for me is that my story takes place on a entirely constructed fictional world and my global currency is just American dollars with One Piece flair.

So, yeah…:sweat_smile:

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This topic gave me the kick in the butt I needed to actually sit down and design the coins :joy:

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Awesome.

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