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Trying to decide on the name of a fictional currency for a world I'm playing around with. Throw some ideas at me and you could get a free sketch! (single character, with the quality of the above image)
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Part of me likes the idea of calling it after what it once was backed by...
sorta the Bronze, Silver, Gold, Plat. thing but since the culture wouldn't necessarily value that stuff
Maybe it was a Food backed system, like how china was(?, if I remember right)
Example
Would start as a coin that could be traded for a Bushel of rice
...but over time would just have become the 'Bushel' as the base unit with-out the backing
of any other measure that is typically used. Heck... could be a 'KIlogram' for a Kilogram of gold but now it's just paper that's called a 'Kilo'
sorta the Bronze, Silver, Gold, Plat. thing but since the culture wouldn't necessarily value that stuff
Maybe it was a Food backed system, like how china was(?, if I remember right)
Example
Would start as a coin that could be traded for a Bushel of rice
...but over time would just have become the 'Bushel' as the base unit with-out the backing
of any other measure that is typically used. Heck... could be a 'KIlogram' for a Kilogram of gold but now it's just paper that's called a 'Kilo'
Polders (Dollars)
Halved Polders (50 cent pieces)
Quintrels (25 cent pieces)
Fisels (20 cent pieces)
Zinctrels (10 cent pieces)
Nictrels (5 cent pieces)
Tricels (3 cent pieces)
To further legitimize this currency, base it off of some sort of commodity. Perhaps there's a type of metal or valuable item in this fictional universe that the money's value can be based off of?
Halved Polders (50 cent pieces)
Quintrels (25 cent pieces)
Fisels (20 cent pieces)
Zinctrels (10 cent pieces)
Nictrels (5 cent pieces)
Tricels (3 cent pieces)
To further legitimize this currency, base it off of some sort of commodity. Perhaps there's a type of metal or valuable item in this fictional universe that the money's value can be based off of?
I got a list of all fictional currencies for you if that seems helpful: https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Lis.....nal_currencies
Additional synonyms for money: https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/money
Kerching is the sound of money bells at a checkout...Kerching I believe isn't done yet as a currency either. Could use a lil change maybe...Kurching? If the currency in that world would be controlled by some religious people then one could funny enough make the connection of all the money getting hoarded by the church and some calling it Churching to make fun of the institution's higherups....Why do I get Final Fantasy XIII and XV vibes now? X3
Additional synonyms for money: https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/money
Kerching is the sound of money bells at a checkout...Kerching I believe isn't done yet as a currency either. Could use a lil change maybe...Kurching? If the currency in that world would be controlled by some religious people then one could funny enough make the connection of all the money getting hoarded by the church and some calling it Churching to make fun of the institution's higherups....Why do I get Final Fantasy XIII and XV vibes now? X3
Something that uses a combining form would seem like an interesting way to work with the currency. As for the base name, something like fol/folse (pronounced full/full-say) would be a possible start.
One fol would be a monofol
Five fol would be pentafolse
Half a fol would be a semifol
And a hundred fol would be centifolse
Admittedly, I don't think fol/folse is the best thing that can come to mind, but it was the only fake word I could think up, oof. The other problem that kind of comes up though is if the purchase were made with something like 13 or 389, since the combining forms would become a bit messy, and I don't know if decatrifolse sound like something that rolls off the tongue very well.
One fol would be a monofol
Five fol would be pentafolse
Half a fol would be a semifol
And a hundred fol would be centifolse
Admittedly, I don't think fol/folse is the best thing that can come to mind, but it was the only fake word I could think up, oof. The other problem that kind of comes up though is if the purchase were made with something like 13 or 389, since the combining forms would become a bit messy, and I don't know if decatrifolse sound like something that rolls off the tongue very well.
Crys (pl. Crysos, abbr. Ꞓ).
The denominations of coins the Crysk (pl. Cryskos) being 1/2Ꞓ, the Crysar (pl. Crysaros) being 2Ꞓ, and the Crysalk (pl. Crysalkos) being 4Ꞓ.
In bill form, there's the Arcrys (10Ꞓ), the Acrysar (20Ꞓ), the Lefcrys (100Ꞓ), the Lefcrysar (200Ꞓ), and the Palcrys (1000Ꞓ).
There are other denominations (the 40Ꞓ Acrysalk, the 5Ꞓ Arcrysk, the 1/10Ꞓ Micrys, the 1/20Ꞓ Micrysk etc.) but all phsyical currency smaller than 1Ꞓ, as well as several less common denominations of bills, have been phased out. They're only now available as non-circulation collectibles sold at the mint.
The 2000Ꞓ Palcrysar and 4000Ꞓ Palcrysalk were previously used by banks to transfer currency between one another, but have not been used since the rise of modern digital banking.
Despite the different names for the denominations, any sum of money is still referred to as 'Crysos'. Kind of like how if you pay someone $150 in $50 bills, you don't refer to it as getting paid in 3 Grants, or how Canadians don't call $20 in coins '20 loonies.'
As for what the specific value of 1 Ꞓ is, that's totally up for you to decide.
(If you haven't figured out already, I'm a sucker for worldbuilding and it's my favorite part of writing a story.)
The denominations of coins the Crysk (pl. Cryskos) being 1/2Ꞓ, the Crysar (pl. Crysaros) being 2Ꞓ, and the Crysalk (pl. Crysalkos) being 4Ꞓ.
In bill form, there's the Arcrys (10Ꞓ), the Acrysar (20Ꞓ), the Lefcrys (100Ꞓ), the Lefcrysar (200Ꞓ), and the Palcrys (1000Ꞓ).
There are other denominations (the 40Ꞓ Acrysalk, the 5Ꞓ Arcrysk, the 1/10Ꞓ Micrys, the 1/20Ꞓ Micrysk etc.) but all phsyical currency smaller than 1Ꞓ, as well as several less common denominations of bills, have been phased out. They're only now available as non-circulation collectibles sold at the mint.
The 2000Ꞓ Palcrysar and 4000Ꞓ Palcrysalk were previously used by banks to transfer currency between one another, but have not been used since the rise of modern digital banking.
Despite the different names for the denominations, any sum of money is still referred to as 'Crysos'. Kind of like how if you pay someone $150 in $50 bills, you don't refer to it as getting paid in 3 Grants, or how Canadians don't call $20 in coins '20 loonies.'
As for what the specific value of 1 Ꞓ is, that's totally up for you to decide.
(If you haven't figured out already, I'm a sucker for worldbuilding and it's my favorite part of writing a story.)
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