Use this page to explain the currency system for your country/planet. If the currency is the same throughout the entire world, you may wish to move this page to a different folder.
Are there social castes within this world? If so, does everyone use the same money? Do poorer folks barter rather than using currency? Do rich people use gems rather than the standard coin?
What is this place’s level of technology? For example, we live in a world where many people use both physical money and electronic money. This is constantly in flux. Twenty or thirty years ago, many people used cheques and eftpos options were quite different.
Where did the money get its name? Dollar, for example, comes from the German word thaler which means person or thing from the valley, a name given to the first silver dollars minted in Joachimsthal. Peso, means quite simply weight.
Does your currency have a nickname? In the US it’s common to hear someone talking about Benjamin Franklins, a nickname given to a $100 bill because his face is on it.
You’ll also need to consider what type of society you’re creating. Do people get paid a salary or wage to work? Are there jobs that are more or less respected? Why? Do slaves exist in your world?
What is considered a lot of money for a poor person? What’s considered a lot for someone in the middle class? The upper class? I’m lucky enough to live a middle class lifestyle. A million dollars is a very large amount of money in my mind, I’m unlikely to physically see that much money in one place. Ten dollars is almost insignificant. A hundred more so. A thousand is something I’m going to be putting some consideration into.