About currency names
Coin words range from constructed tongues like "Gnomish pryqila" to Frenchified denominations such as "jasapira de Roi". A spacefaring ledger could run on "Constellation Coins" while a village barters in something earthier. Decide what the smallest unit buys, bread or a starship berth, and the right result usually announces itself.
How currency names are built
Currency names span a large set of templates that mix three flavours: invented coined units, English compound names, and a French-grammar branch. The coined path strings five tiny letter banks into one word (giving Xevuya), sometimes followed by a French descriptor, while English templates pull whole compound names like Constellation Coins from a 100-entry bank and bare denomination words like Grains from a 110-entry bank. The French branch adds units with descriptors such as Kip Virtuel (Kip + Virtuel).
Kip Virtuel
Kip (French-branch unit bank) + Virtuel (French descriptor bank)
Constellation Coins
Constellation Coins (English compound-name bank)
Xevuya
x (letter bank) + e (letter bank) + v (letter bank) + u (letter bank) + ya (letter bank)
Naming notes
Several banks carry the French-grammar branch where descriptors agree and read as monetary qualifiers (Virtuel, de Division), so leave that agreement intact rather than mixing it with English tails. The coined five-letter path produces fantasy-money tokens (Xevuya, Kysaning) that suit invented economies, while the compound English path (Constellation Coins) and the bare denomination words (Grains) suit settings that name money after materials or themes. Useful for tabletop economies, sci-fi ledgers, and worldbuilding where you need a denomination plus an optional qualifier.
Questions about currency names
- Why do some currencies come out as one made-up word and others as two real words?
- Two different template families run side by side: a coined path glues five letter fragments into a single token (Xevuya, Kysaning), while English paths pull whole names like Constellation Coins or bare denominations like Grains. Re-roll to favour one flavour.
- What is the "Virtuel" or "de Division" part in some names?
- Those come from the French-grammar branch (the b-suffixed banks), which appends an agreeing descriptor to a unit, as in Kip Virtuel. They read as monetary qualifiers and should keep their French form.
- Can these denominations be used for a game economy?
- Yes. The mix of coined units and compound names (Grains, Constellation Coins) gives you both fantasy and thematic money, so they drop cleanly into tabletop or video-game ledgers as the base denomination.