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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* 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]]'' 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. ~~The~~ ~~advantage~~ is that ~~this~~ allows to avoid both boastful use of wealth (which would be crass) and embarrassment (if you lose the bid)~~, specifically because it's impossible to read anything from the outside even with eagle's eyes~~. 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.

* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' 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.

== Video Games ==