List of fictional currencies
Fictional currency is the currency used in works of fiction. It may be used in alternative worlds, eras, or realities.
The use of "credits" is particularly common in futuristic settings, so much so that Sam Humphries has pointed it out as a cliché: "In any science-fiction movie, anywhere in the galaxy, currency is referred to as 'credits.'"[1] Credits are frequently envisioned as a form of electronic money.[2]
Movies
Television
Literature
| Work |
Currency Unit |
Symbol |
| The Foundation Series |
Credit, Kalganids (second book) |
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| Ender's Game (series) |
Credit |
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| Graustark |
Gavvo |
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| Discworld |
Ankh-Morpork dollar (other regional currencies include the Lancre shilling, the Omnian obol, the Agatean rhinu, and the Ephebean talent)[27] |
AM$ |
| Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
Whuffie[28] |
|
| The Demon Princes |
Standard Value Unit(SVU) |
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| Inheritance Cycle |
Crown |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia (Calormen) |
Crescent |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia (Narnia) |
Lion |
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| Crosstime Traffic |
Benjamin, equal to 100 Dollars - a Dollar being a virtually worthless aluminium coin |
|
| Left Behind |
Nick |
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| Alastor |
Ozol |
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| Lyonesse Trilogy |
Copper Penny, Silver Florin (= 10 pennies), Gold Crown (= 10 florins) |
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| Dread Empire's Fall[29] |
Zenith |
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| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[30] |
Altairian Dollar, Flanian Pobble Bead, Triganic Pu (subunit: Ningi (1/8)) |
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| Harry Potter series |
Galleon (subunits: Sickle (1/17), Knut (1/493)). |
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| The Kingkiller Chronicle: Vintas |
Halfpenny/Penny (2 Halfpennies)/Bit (2.5 Pennies)/Quarter Bit (2 Bits)/Round (8 Quarter Bits)/Royal (10 Rounds)/Haft (10 Bits)/Noble (2 Hafts)/Reel (2.5 Nobles)/Five Reel Piece (5 Reels) |
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| The Kingkiller Chronicle: Ceald |
Shim/Iron Drab (11 Shims)/Copper Jot (10 Drabs)/Silver Talent (10 Jots)/Gold Mark (10 Talents) |
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| The Kingkiller Chronicle: Commonwealth |
Iron Penny (3 Shims)/Ha'Penny (3 Iron Pennies)/Copper Penny (2 Ha'Pennies)/Silver Penny (10 Copper Pennies)/Common (12 Silver Pennies) |
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| Shardik, Maia |
Meld |
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| The Great Explosion and And Then There Were None |
Ob (obligation) |
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| Peter F. Hamilton: Night's Dawn Trilogy and other novels set in Confederation Space |
Jovian credit |
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| Sprawl trilogy |
New Yen |
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| A Song of Ice and Fire (Westeros) |
Gold Dragon (denominations: 1 Gold Dragon = 210 Silver Stags, 1 Silver Stag = 56 Copper Pennies; thus 1 Gold Dragon = 11,760 Copper Pennies) |
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| Various Andre Norton SF novels |
Credit |
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| Vorkosiverse (Lois McMaster Bujold).[31] |
Barrayaran Marks, Betan Dollars |
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| Various World of Krynn Fantasy Novels |
Steel Piece |
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| World of Greyhawk Novels and RPG system by Gary Gygax |
Iron Drab, Brass Bit, Bronze Zee, Copper Common, Silver Noble, Electrum Lucky, Gold Orb, Platinum Plate |
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| The Wheel of Time |
penny, mark and crown[5] |
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| Jame Retief Novels by Keith Laumer |
Galactic Unified Credits (GUC) |
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| Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor |
Wishes/Teeth |
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| Perdido Street Station by China Miéville |
Stivers, Shekels, Guineas and Nobles |
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| Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey |
Pernese Marks |
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| Valérian and Laureline by Pierre Christin |
Bloutarks |
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Anime/Manga/Cartoons
Role playing games
Video games
| Work |
Currency unit |
Symbol |
| Animal Crossing series |
Bell |
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| Asheron's Call |
Pyreal |
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| Aion |
Kinah |
Q |
| Bayonetta |
Halo |
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| Bioshock 1&2 |
Dollars |
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| ADAM |
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| Bioshock Infinite |
Silver Eagles |
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| Black Tiger |
Zenny |
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| Blade Runner |
Chin-Yen |
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| Blades of Time |
Souls |
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| Bloodborne |
Blood Echoes |
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| Breath of Fire series |
Zenny |
Ƶ |
| Cabal Online |
Alz |
|
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| Cabals:The Card Game |
Influence |
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| Call of Duty: Black Ops |
CoDP (Call of Duty Points) (This is a virtual currency, not a fictional one, the game does not pretend to give it value) |
¢ |
| Chronicles of Riddick series |
UD (Universal Denomination) |
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| Dark Souls |
Souls |
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| DC Universe Online |
Cash |
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| Marks (PvP & PvE Gear) |
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| Influence (PvP Gear) |
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| Tokens (Seasonal Events) |
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| Dead Rising 3 |
Zenny |
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| Deadly Rooms of Death series |
Greckle |
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| Demon's Crest |
Zenny |
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| Destiny (video game) |
Glimmer |
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| Deus Ex series |
Credit |
¢ in Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War. V in Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: The Fall. |
| Devil May Cry series |
Red Orbs |
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| Dofus |
Kama |
K with two horizontal lines |
| Drakensang: The Dark Eye |
Ducat (gold), Thaler (silver), Farthing (copper) |
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| The Elder Scrolls |
Septim, Drake (pre 3rd Era) |
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| Entropia Universe |
PED |
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| EVE Online |
Interstellar Kredit |
ISK |
| Aurum |
AUR |
| Fable series |
Gold |
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| Fallout series |
Bottle Cap |
| NCR DOLLAR |
| Legion Denari, Legion Aureus, |
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| Final Fantasy series |
Gil |
G |
| Flyff |
Penya |
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| Forgotten Worlds |
Zenny |
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| Fragoria |
Emeralds, Gold, Signs |
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| Ghost of a Tale |
Florins |
The official currency of the five Rat Provinces. |
| God of War series |
Red Orbs |
|
| Gran Turismo series |
Credits |
Cr |
| Halo series |
credit |
cR |
| Requisition Point (Currency used in the online multiplayer modes, not in the narrative) |
RP |
| Story of Seasons series |
Gold |
|
| Killing Floor 2 |
Dosh |
Letter D with 2 horizontal lines |
| Kingdom Hearts series |
Munny |
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| Kingdom of Loathing |
Meat |
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| Mr. Accessory |
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| Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning |
Gold |
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| Mega Man: Battle Network series |
Zenny |
Ƶ |
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| Mother 3 |
Dragon Power |
DP |
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| Metin2 |
Yang |
|
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| Legend of Zelda series |
Rupee |
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| Lineage II |
Adena |
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| Maple Story |
Meso |
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| Mia's Big Adventure Collection |
Sparklies |
Diamond-like pieces of cut glass and plastic |
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| The Misadventures of Tron Bonne |
Zenny |
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| Minecraft |
Emeralds (formerly Rubies; used to trade with villagers) |
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| Monster Hunter series |
Zenny |
z |
| Phantasy Star series |
Meseta |
A yellow diamond (a yellow triangle in earlier games) |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice |
Dahma |
Letter D with two horizontal lines |
| Pokémon series |
Yen (Poke-Dollar in English releases) |
₱ |
| Ragnarok Online |
Zeny |
Z |
| Ratchet & Clank series |
Bolts |
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| Real Racing 3 |
Real Dollars |
R$ |
| Roblox |
Robux (pegged at an exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 400 Robux) |
R$ |
| Rose Online |
Zulie |
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| Sengoku Basara |
Zenny |
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| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri |
Energy |
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| RuneScape |
Coins, chimes, pieces of eight, Runecoins, rusty coins, tokkul, trading sticks and others[36] |
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The Sims series
SimCity series (since SimCity 3000) |
Simoleon |
§ |
| Space Quest series |
Buckazoid |
bz |
| SPORE |
Sporebuck |
§ |
| Starflight |
Monetary Unit |
M.U. |
| Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula |
Shyneum Pennie |
S.P. |
| Mass Effect |
Credit |
|
| Megami Tensei series |
Macca |
ћ |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic |
Republic Credits |
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| Star Wars: Force Unleashed series |
FP (Force Points) |
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| Strider 2 |
Zenny |
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| Suikoden series |
Potch |
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| Tales series |
Gald |
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| The Witcher series |
Oren |
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| Wakfu |
Kama |
K with two horizontal lines |
| World of Warcraft |
Gold |
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| Silver |
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| Copper |
|
| X-Blades |
Souls |
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| Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Aim to be Duel King! |
DP (Duel Points) |
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| Zork |
Zorkmid |
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See also
References
- ↑ Ebert, Roger (1999). Ebert's bigger little movie glossary. Andrews McMeel. p. 172. ISBN 0-8362-8289-2.
- ↑ Gliddon, Gerald (2005). The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy, Volume 2. Greenwood. p. 532. ISBN 0-313-32950-8.
- ↑ http://www.technologytell.com/entertainment/39218/from-bitcoin-to-schrute-bucks-the-greatest-fictional-currencies/
- ↑ "Spaceballs transcript". Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- 1 2 3 4 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FictionalCurrency
- ↑ "Star Wars - Standard Units". Theforce.net. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ↑ Drexler, Doug; & Sternbach, Rick; & Zimmerman, Herman (1998). Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-01563-X. p. 63
- ↑ In the fourth season DS9 episode Body Parts it is stated that 500 bars = 10,000 strips = 1,000,000 slips (or 1 bar = 20 strips = 2,000 slips). The conversion rate between bricks and bars, however, was never definitively established.
- ↑ Star Trek, "The Trouble with Tribbles", Season 2, episode 13 (transcript)
- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Firstborn" (transcript)
- ↑ Star Trek: Deep Space 9, "The Search, Part I" (transcript)
- ↑ Star Trek: Voyager, "False Profits" (transcript)
- ↑ Star Trek: Voyager, "Caretaker" (transcript)
- ↑ Star Trek: Deep Space 9, "Necessary Evil" (transcript)
- ↑ Star Trek, "The Gamesters of Triskelion" (transcript)
- ↑ Star Trek: Voyager, "Random Thoughts" (transcript)
- ↑ B5TECH - Glossary, accessed 10 Nov 2011
- ↑ South Park, "Pinewood Derby", Season 13, Episode 6 (transcript)
- ↑ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Credits, 11 Oct 07
- ↑ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Brandar Tiles, 11 Oct 07
- ↑ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Crindars, 11 Oct 07
- ↑ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Fennik, 11 Oct 07
- ↑ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Kretmas, 11 Oct 07
- ↑ "Red Dwarf series I Writing". www.reddwarf.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ↑ "Attack of Big MACC". TV.com. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "Welcome to the World of Killjoys". Syfy International. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ↑ http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Rhinu
- ↑ A Handy Currency Converter For Alien Money, iO9
- ↑ "Walter Jon Williams, Dread Empire'S Fall, "The Sundering"". Stamnes.com. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ↑ "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Acc.umu.se. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ↑ Lillian Stewart Carl and John Helfers, The Vorkosigan Companion, Baen Books 2008, ISBN 978-1-4391-3379-8
- ↑ Keiko Nobumoto, COWBOY BEBOP - SESSION #1 - ASTEROID BLUES, SUNRISE · BONES · BANDAI VISUAL, 1998 (transcript)
- ↑ Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 103, Page 4
- 1 2 One Piece HQ - Glossary, retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Trigun Encyclopedia, retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Many other currencies exist. The listed items have the function of currency in the story of the game world, except Runecoins which are a semi-in-game currency that can be bought with real world money. Many of the in-game currencies have limited uses and are not interchangeable. Similarly due to game limitations certain fixed value items are used as currency proxies.
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