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* The ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' orks use their teeth as currency. Teef can be procured by natural shedding - or, [[Blood Knight|unsurprisingly]], brawling. They also slowly decay, thus cannot be accumulated for very long.
* The ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' orks use their teeth as currency. Teef can be procured by natural shedding - or, [[Blood Knight|unsurprisingly]], brawling. They also slowly decay, thus cannot be accumulated for very long.
* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' mostly use coins, trade bars (of precious metals or some semiprecious stones) and gems, but there are oddities:
* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' mostly use coins, trade bars (of precious metals or some semiprecious stones) and gems, but there are oddities:
** Lantanese (and some other in the North, especially worshipers of Gond) use Gond Bells. It's a small brass bell holding a loose ornamental stone (which can clatter). Half price outside church of Gond.
** Gond Bells made in Lantan; also used by others in the North, especially worshippers of Gond. It's a small brass bell holding a loose ornamental stone (which can clatter). Half price outside the church of Gond.
** Shaar rings — nomads of the Shaar use polished slices of ivory, pierced and hung on strings.
** Shaar rings — nomads of the Shaar use polished slices of ivory, pierced and hung on strings.
** In Serôs (Sea of Fallen Stars) pearls are used as money: White-Yellow-Green-Blue with values increasing 10× each step (but also adjusted for size), and then much more valuable olmar — large, diamond-shaped, olive toned pearls of the great clams.
** In Serôs (Sea of Fallen Stars) pearls are used as money, rated by rarity and also adjusted for size; common variations are White-Yellow-Green-Blue with values increasing 10× each step; the most valuable type is "olmar" — large, diamond-shaped, olive toned pearls of the great clams (7×3 inches, fetches 2000 gold or more on the shore).
** Elves (at least in Cormanthyr) used yulthaari - "coins" (actually IOU notes / contract proposals) shaped as 5 inches long platinum tubes, with smooth outside surface and inside covered in tactile script. These were commonly used in auctions or among the nobility. This design ensures that [[Silent Offer|it's impossible to read anything from the outside]] even with eagle's eyes, thus allows to avoid both boastful use of wealth (which would be crass) and embarrassment (if you lose the bid). A third party will only see that one elf passed a yulthaari to the other, who stuck a finger in it and accepted or rejected - how much was offered and even for which goods the first was bidding is up to the rumours.
** Elves (at least in Cormanthyr) used yulthaari - "coins" (actually IOU notes / contract proposals) shaped as 5 inches long platinum tubes, with smooth outside surface and inside covered in tactile script. These were commonly used in auctions or among the nobility. This design ensures that [[Silent Offer|it's impossible to read anything from the outside]] even with eagle's eyes, thus allows to avoid both boastful use of wealth (which would be crass) and embarrassment (if you lose the bid). A third party will only see that one elf passed a yulthaari to the other, who stuck a finger in it and accepted or rejected - how much was offered and even for which goods the first was bidding is up to the rumours.


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