This currency name generator makes money for an invented world: a coin name, the metal it is struck in and one thing a single coin buys. No name matched a real currency in the lists we checked.
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A coin name generator with a price
Press New coin. Tap a part to lock it, then press again. Lock the metal and press three times for the small, middle and large coins of one realm. The thing one coin buys shows what it is worth without a table of rates.
The metals are real
Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver. Billon is an alloy of a precious metal with mostly base metal, used chiefly for coins. The list under the tool explains every metal.
Tips
Decide what is stamped on the coin and a nickname follows, such as oak penny.
Keep the coin and change what it buys to show prices rising.
Questions and answers
What are good fantasy currency names?
Short ones that are easy to say at a market stall: one syllable, such as thav, or a nickname from the look of the coin, such as oak penny.
Is this a money name generator for a story world?
Yes. It names pretend money for a story or a game world: the coin, its metal and what one coin buys there. No coin on this page is real money.
Are any of these real currencies?
No name matched Wikipedia's lists of circulating and historical currencies when we checked. Those lists are long but not complete, so search a name before you publish it.
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 52 coin names, written on 2026-10-02: invented one-syllable and two-syllable words, and nicknames of the kind a coin gets from what is stamped on it. Screened by script that day. Every name was looked for in the text of the English Wikipedia pages List of circulating currencies, List of historical currencies and List of currencies. The invented words were also checked against an English dictionary and two lists of real names; GeoNames places of 500 people and up with their alternate names (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0); every list on this site; a rude-word list (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words); a list of well-known names from fantasy books and games; every word of every page title of 16 fantasy fan wikis; English Wikipedia page titles; and exact page titles on 12 fantasy fan wikis (lotr.fandom.com, forgottenrealms.fandom.com, elderscrolls.fandom.com, witcher.fandom.com, dragonage.fandom.com, gameofthrones.fandom.com, wot.fandom.com, harrypotter.fandom.com, wowpedia.fandom.com, pathfinder.fandom.com, criticalrole.fandom.com, zelda.fandom.com). 95 candidates were cut (46 a name from published fiction, or one letter from it; 2 nicknames that named a metal, because the metal is dealt separately; 19 a real place on the map; 10 on another list of this site; 9 a dictionary word; 6 a Wikipedia page title; 2 a fan wiki page title; 1 a real first name or surname), among them velm, sarr, tolk, brel, oram, pell, dunn, yarl. No list of currencies or of fiction is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work
Struck in: all 15 metals
B 4
bell metalA bronze with more tin than most, used for making bells.
billonAn alloy of a precious metal, most often silver, with mostly base metal. It is used chiefly for coins.
brassAn alloy of copper and zinc.
bronzeAn alloy made mostly of copper, commonly with tin.
Show all 15 metals (11 more)
C 2
copperA soft metal. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orange color.
cupronickelAn alloy of copper with nickel.
E 1
electrumA naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, pale to bright yellow.
G 1
goldIn its pure form a bright yellow, dense, soft metal.
I 1
ironBy mass, the most common element on Earth.
L 1
lattenAn old word for copper alloys such as brass or bronze, used in the Middle Ages.
P 2
pewterA soft alloy made mostly of tin.
potinA base metal alloy used in coins, typically a mix of copper, tin and lead.
S 2
silverA soft, white, lustrous metal.
steelAn alloy of iron and carbon.
T 1
tumbagaAn alloy of gold and copper. The name was given by Spanish conquistadors.
How this list was compiled: 15 real metals and alloys. Each line follows the opening of the English Wikipedia article on that metal, read on 2026-10-02; a script checked that the words behind each line are in that opening. The lines are ours. Licence: own work
One buys: all 51 things
A 40
a bag of salt
a basket of turnips
a bundle of firewood
a bushel of pears
a caraway bun
a clay cup
a comb of honey
a day at a stall in the square
Show all 51 things (43 more)
A, continued
a goat
a goose
a haircut and a beard trim
a handful of nails
a hen that still lays
a hot bath
a letter carried over the hills
a map of the province
a mason for a day
a mended shoe
a milk cow
a mule
a net for catching eels
a new ax handle
a night at an inn
a pair of boots
a pinch of saffron
a place on a cart to the coast
a plow
a pot of ink
a quilt stuffed with goose down
a round loaf, still warm
a saddle
a seat at the play
a seat by the fire
a song from a street player
a sturdy pony
a tallow candle
a waterskin
a whistle carved from bone
a year of rent on a small house
an hour with a scribe
C 1
cloth for a traveling cloak
E 1
enough oil to light a house for a week
F 1
flour for a month of baking
K 1
knitted mittens
O 1
one trip across by raft
R 2
ribbon for two braids
rope enough to moor a boat
S 2
six smoked herring
stew for two
T 2
ten eggs
thread enough to hem a cloak
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 51 plain things one coin might buy in a story world, written on 2026-10-02 to read after the words "One buys". No rates of exchange and no prices from history: the pairing of a coin with a thing is made at random. Checked by script against every list on this site for repeats. 3 candidates were cut (3 on another list of this site), among them a ferry crossing, a wheel of cheese, a rowboat. Licence: own work