History Main / FictionalCurrency

* Contests in ''Series/HinatazakaDeAimasho'' often give Chacha coins, named after co-host Kasuga's dog, as reward. In a nod to cryptocurrency, the alleged exchange rate with real money varies wildly, at one point reaching three million yen to a Chacha (after Kasuga won that amount in Japan's ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader''), but generally the coins are exchanged for favors in later episodes.

** In ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'', the Final Empire uses "boxings", which are small gold coins. "Clips" are also mentioned as the smallest denomination of coinage, though they're not physically described. Three thousand boxings is considered an absolute fortune by most people's standards -- far more than an entire crew of skilled thieves could possibly earn in an entire year. To the nobility and the government, though, it's relatively small change. It's stated that even a full coinpurse of clips is far more valuable to [[Whatevermancy Allomancers]] as [[ExtraOreDinary ammunition]] than currency, so fights between Mistborn tend to leave coins strewn around the city. Mistings who can burn only steel are even called "coinshots" due to the ubiquity of this practice.

* The main currency in ''Franchise/StarWars'' is Republic (and later Imperial) [[WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture credits]], but other currencies (such as druggats on Tatooine in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'') show up occasionally. The title character of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' requests payment in some other currency than Imperial credits since the Empire has recently been abolished and they're basically worthless now, so he's paid in "Calamari Flan" instead, which appear to be coins made of ''jelly''. Credits are apparently also called dataries, as Qui-Gon Jinn first says that he has Republic dataries while bartering with Watto, who then contextualizes it for the audience by calling them "credits."

** In ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'', the Final Empire uses "boxings", which are small gold coins. "Clips" are also mentioned as the smallest denomination of coinage, though they're not physically described. Three thousand boxings is considered an absolute fortune by most people's standards -- far more than an entire crew of skilled thieves could possibly earn in an entire year. To the nobility and the government, though, it's relatively small change.

* ''Literature/PosterGirl'' the old regime, the Delegation, was a society run based on Desirability Coin, Des Coin for short. Pretty much every action of the constantly monitored citizens was either rewarded or deducted in Des Coin. Actions considered "good" like doing one’s job, being polite, eating healthy, always keeping a proper appearance, reporting rebellious or indecent activity would earn coin. Meanwhile cursing in public, premarital sex, eating unhealthily and other "indecencies" would see Des Cion deduced.

* ''Sands of Salzaar'' from Han Squirrel Studio has the Utar as the coinage of the once unified empire and it's still the universal currency after the uprising and. murder of thr Old King. While Utar is easy to get normally thru tribute from your Sultan and /or city under your rule, earnings to your party from the Wealthy talent and merchants in your party, and finding booty - it's only part of the main resources you need with the others being iron ore, wood and jade.

** The most conspicuous named fictional currency is probably the grotzit, the accumulation of which was the main motivator of the [[CreatorsPet supposedly]] [[LovableRogue lovable]] [[VenturousSmuggler mercenary]] [[VillainDecay thug]] [[TheSociopath Sabalom Glitz]]. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet Every time]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe he]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E4Dragonfire turned up]] he could not stop talking about them.

* ''{{VideoGame/Fallout}}'' most prominently uses caps (literally old Nuka-Cola bottle caps, backed by the water merchants of The Hub) as their post-apocalyptic currency, but the New California Republic also produces NCR dollars (gold coins in Fallout 2, and heavily devalued paper money based on a water standard in New Vegas). The Legion produces their own money, but it's directly based on two Ancient Roman coins: the aureus and denarius.