COINs

Common Objective Inflationless Negotiables, commonly known as COINs, are the primary currency of the New Real. 100 Coins is pegged at the value of 1 pound of “generic bread”, with actual prices of bread loaves varying depending on energy content but generally hovering around 50 to 150 COINs in price.

Coins, Hex and Bitz
Hex is an unendorsed currency which has existed for centuries and is entirely unregulated. Due to strong ties to the Black Market, the currency is treated as illegal by legitimate businesses, although no Gaian laws specifically restrict the use of currencies other than COINs or the trade of COINs for Hex or vice-versa.

As Hex is not regulated, its conversion rate to COINs fluctuates wildly and randomly. For every person who got wealthy by smart trading between COINs and Hex, there are countless people who lost everything chasing a pot of gold.

Bitz are a digital currency created by dataBank, commonly used on the afternet due to early deals with online stores and ad agencies. Bitz can be used as a substitute for COINs and vice-versa, however the two currencies can only be converted in the form of an afternet transaction for a physical product or for software downloads. Subscriptions, services and all other transactions cannot be purchased with a mix of both currencies.