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One -hundredth of a Parallar is officially known as a '''Paracent''', though it's is most commonly shortened to simply a '''cent'''. No single coin with a value of [[File:Parallar symbol.png|12px]]'''0.01''' exists; the smallest denomination available is the Nickel coin, worth 5 Paracents. As such, prices are usually rounded to the nearest five cents.

The use of coinage as currency in the Mazes dates as far back as [[History of the Mazes|Era 3]]. The [[Languages|Old Tongue]] word for "coins" or "currency" was '''''Paramil''''', which was derived from ''Param'', a noun which meant "value", in the monetary sense, and ''Il'', a noun which meant "metal". Thus, ''Paramil'' could be transliterated translated to "valuable metal". At the time, there were only four types of coins; copper (''Gusil'', translit. "red metal"), silver (''Silil'', translit. "silver(-colored) metal"), gold (''Limil'', translit. "golden(-colored) metal"), and platinum (''Zeril'', translit. "white metal").

During Era 5, with the introduction of the modern languages, such as Common and Youkai, currency was briefly known as the '''Para-Dollar'''; a portmanteau of "Param" and the word "Dollar", which was invented by Jonas Dolar in [[Calendar#Era system|E5-123]], when he founded the Neo Khazrun bank. After his death in E5-157, the name "Para-Dollar " name was shortened to '''Parallar''', and remained in use has been used ever since. As time passed and technological levels increased, metallurgical advances made it possible to work with a wider range of materials; namely, alloys, which made it possible to have many different intermediate denominations between the four original coin types. Eight new coin types, most of which were made out of various alloys, were introduced during Era 6. The very first brass coin was minted on Nonama 9, E6-99 (09/09/99 on calendars at the time), using cartridge brass as the base material. See [[Parallar#Brass coins|this section]] for the full story.

As listed on [[Valuables#Coins|this page]], there are 12 types of coins, each . Each one is made out of a different material and using uses different dimensions. Each is assigned an official name, a two-letter code used as an abbreviation, a value, as well as a number of unofficial names or popular nicknames.

** The manufacturing code of a copper coin minted on Nonama 28, year 684 (the 271th 271st day of the 684th year) would therefore be '''10F-02AC-6'''.

| '''Brass''' || Br || 4 || '''1.00''' || <span style="color:#d1ae30;font-size:12pt">'''●'''</span> Brass yellow || C260 cartridge brass<br/>(70% copper, 30% zinc) || 17.45 40 || 2.15 10 || 4.3920

| '''Electrum''' || El || 9 || '''50.00''' || <span style="color:#D2D68C;font-size:12pt">'''●'''</span> Greenish-gold || Electrum<br/>(4550% gold, 5550% silver) || 33.025 || 32.30 85 || 3736.31

They are made out of cupronickel alloy, which is 70% copper and 30% nickel. One popular nickname for this type of coin is ''Cunny''; which was , presumably invented by putting together the chemical abbreviations for copper and nickel: Cu and Ni. As the term can be considered mildly vulgar, other names such as ''Half'', ''Half-buck'' or ''Connie'' may be preferred.

Brass coins are the most common type of coin type in the Mazes, with the symbolic value of [[File:Parallar symbol.png|10px]]'''1'''.

Brass coins were the first of the new coin types of coins invented in Era 6, at a time of need for smaller, less valuable denominations than copper. They are notable for being made out of C260 or cartridge brass, which is the exact same material used to make cartridge casings.

In early Era 6, during the tenth decade of the era (E6-90 to E6-99), the Mazes were experiencing a copper shortage; most of it was used for industrial applications, such as the copper jacketing used in bullets, leaving very little for other applications. As such, the minting of new copper coins was severely slowed down, resulting in shortages of copper coins. Since the next highest coin denomination was silver coins, which was (worth five times as much as copper), it made smaller, everyday transactions more difficult.

The story of how brass coins came to be is thought to have originated in the military town of Camp Baxter, where it . It was a common partice practice to cut the heads off of spent cartridge cases and use the resulting brass discs as scrips, using the headstamps and the different sizes as currency for trading various commodities, such as rations, cigarettes, or medical supplies. Visitors from other towns noticed that the local stores seemed to accept both real coins and brass scrips, and although . Although the exact conversion ratio was lost to time, it was commonly understood that a single case head may have had a value ranging between 25 cents and 1 Parallar, depending on the caliber.

A visiting engineer, noticing the practice, asked the local captain what they did with the cut brass, since they were now useless brass tubes that could not be used for [[handloading]]. The officer replied that they stockpiled the brass, in the hopes of selling hoping to sell it as scrap brass for melting, and acquiring money with which to trade the scrips for, "so that I can finally pay my men their salary," in his own words.

As it turned out, the visiting engineer submitted a proposal to the Engineering Corps to create new currency denominations and standardize the process he witnessed at Camp Baxter, namely through the creation of brass coins. His proposal was accepted, and he was transferred to the secret Minting Facility, where he oversaw the minting of the first brass coins. The very first brass coins were minted on Nonama 9, E6-99, and legend says that they were made by melting spent [[9x19mm Parabellum]] casings. In the months that followed, new denominations using other materials were soon created, thus creating the 12-coin denomination system that is still used to this day.

Copper coins are worth [[File:Parallar symbol.png|10px]]'''5'''. They are one of the historical four historical coin types. At the time, and copper coins were the lowest valued and the most common typecommonly seen.

Silver coins are worth [[File:Parallar symbol.png|10px]]'''25'''. They are one of the historical four historical coin types, with the second -lowest value of the four.

They are made out of electrum, an alloy of 45exactly 50% gold and 5550% silver. They are famous for their greenish hue.

Gold coins are worth [[File:Parallar symbol.png|10px]]'''100''' and are the third highest denomination available today. They are one of the historical four historical coin types, and were the second -highest value of the four.

Gold coins are arguably the most popular of the high-denomination coins, being made out of a stereotypically valuable metal, to the point that the letter G is often used as an abbreviation or a shorthand for "100 Parallars"; for . For example, something that is said to have a value of "four Gs" is worth [[File:Parallar symbol.png|10px]]'''400'''.

Platinum coins are worth [[File:Parallar symbol.png|10px]]'''500'''. They are one of the four historical four coin types, having been and the most valuable coin type, and retaining that title even as of todayhighest-valued since their creation.

They are most commonly nicknamed ''Plats'', though in a similar manner as to the letter G and gold coins, the letter P is sometimes also used as a shorthand for "500 Parallars".