Instead of referring to the coins by their material, most people would call them by their original government-issued name, except for the ones minted at Zhentil Keep, which had unflattering nicknames given to them by Zhents.
Zhentil Keep minted the following coins:
- platinum piece: "platinum glory", popularly known as "flat metal gem"
- gold piece: "glory", popularly known as "weeping wolf"
- electrum piece: "tarenth", popularly known as "hardhammer"
- silver piece: "talon", or "naal", popularly known as "flea-bit"
- copper piece: "fang", popularly known as "dung-piece".