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]
Television [ edit ]
Literature [ edit ]
Work
Currency Unit
Symbol
The Foundation Series
Credit, Kalganids (second book)
Ender's Game (series)
Credit
Graustark
Gavvo
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)
Inheritance Cycle
Crown
The Chronicles of Narnia (Calormen )
Crescent
The Chronicles of Narnia (Narnia )
Lion
Crosstime Traffic
Benjamin, equal to 100 Dollars - a Dollar being a virtually worthless aluminium coin
Left Behind
Nick
Alastor
Ozol
Dread Empire's Fall [29]
Zenith
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [30]
Altairian Dollar, Flanian Pobble Bead, Triganic Pu (subunit: Ningi (1/8))
Harry Potter series
Galleon (subunits: Sickle (1/17), Knut (1/493)) .
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)
The Kingkiller Chronicle : Ceald
Shim/Iron Drab (11 Shims)/Copper Jot (10 Drabs)/Silver Talent (10 Jots)/Gold Mark (10 Talents)
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)
Shardik , Maia
Meld
The Great Explosion and And Then There Were None
Ob (obligation)
Peter F. Hamilton: Night's Dawn Trilogy and other novels set in Confederation Space
Jovian credit
Sprawl trilogy
New Yen
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)
Various Andre Norton SF novels
Credit
Vorkosiverse (Lois McMaster Bujold).[31]
Barrayaran Marks, Betan Dollars
Various World of Krynn Fantasy Novels
Steel Piece
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
The Wheel of Time
penny, mark and crown[5]
Jame Retief Novels by Keith Laumer
Galactic Unified Credits (GUC)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Wishes/Teeth
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Stivers, Shekels, Guineas and Nobles
Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Pernese Marks
Anime/Manga/Cartoons [ edit ]
Video games [ edit ]
Work
Currency unit
Symbol
Animal Crossing series
Bell
Asheron's Call
Pyreal
Aion
Kinah
Q
Bayonetta
Halo
Bioshock 1&2
Dollars
ADAM
Bioshock Infinite
Silver Eagles
Black Tiger
Zenny
Blade Runner
Chin-Yen
Blades of Time
Souls
Bloodborne
Blood Echoes
Breath of Fire series
Zenny
Ƶ
Cabal Online
Alz
Cabals:The Card Game
Influence
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)
Dark Souls
Souls
DC Universe Online
Cash
Marks (PvP & PvE Gear)
Influence (PvP Gear)
Tokens (Seasonal Events)
Dead Rising 3
Zenny
Deadly Rooms of Death series
Greckle
Demon's Crest
Zenny
Destiny (video game)
Glimmer
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
Dofus
Kama
K with two horizontal lines
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Ducat (gold), Thaler (silver), Farthing (copper)
The Elder Scrolls
Septim, Drake (pre 3rd Era)
Entropia Universe
PED
EVE Online
Interstellar Kredit
ISK
Aurum
AUR
Fable series
Gold
Fallout series
Bottle Cap
NCR DOLLAR
Legion Denari, Legion Aureus,
Final Fantasy series
Gil
G
Flyff
Penya
Forgotten Worlds
Zenny
Fragoria
Emeralds , Gold , Signs
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
Kingdom of Loathing
Meat
Mr. Accessory
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Gold
Mega Man: Battle Network series
Zenny
Ƶ
Mother 3
Dragon Power
DP
Legend of Zelda series
Rupee
Lineage II
Adena
Maple Story
Meso
Mia's Big Adventure Collection
Sparklies
Diamond-like pieces of cut glass and plastic
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
Zenny
Minecraft
Emeralds (formerly Rubies ; used to trade with villagers)
Monster Hunter series
Zenny
Phantasy Star series
Meseta
A yellow diamond (a yellow triangle in earlier games)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
Darma (Khura'inese currency)
Letter D with two horizontal lines
Pokémon series
Yen (Poke-Dollar in English releases)
₱
Ragnarok Online
Zeny
Z
Ratchet & Clank series
Bolts
Real Racing 3
Real Dollars
R$
Roblox
Robux (pegged at an exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 400 Robux)
R$
Rose Online
Zulie
Sengoku Basara
Zenny
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Energy
RuneScape
Coins, chimes, pieces of eight, Runecoins, rusty coins, tokkul, trading sticks and others[36]
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
Star Wars: Force Unleashed series
FP (Force Points)
Strider 2
Zenny
Suikoden series
Potch
Tales series
Gald
The Witcher series
Oren
Wakfu
Kama
K with two horizontal lines
World of Warcraft
Gold
Silver
Copper
X-Blades
Souls
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Aim to be Duel King!
DP (Duel Points)
Zork
Zorkmid
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ 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 .
^ a b c d 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
^ a b 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.