Gil.

[Shoeberto]

Just what the hell is it, anyway?

[rubah]

Gold, I thought.

[Sapphiresea]

I think its there kind of money!?

[omnitarian]

It's those things.

[TheSpoonyBard]

Gil is nothing more than currency used in the various FF worlds. As was discoverd in a thread I made quite a while ago (see below), gil has no consistant exchange rate as its value varies from game to game. What has always confused me is how monsters seem to be an abundant source of this currency (except FFVIII).

http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=59353

[BG-57]

You could argue they got it from victims, but I agree that a regular paycheck makes more sense that getting it from monsters. Too bad the SeeD rank system was poorly executed.

[rubah]

It worked fine for getting money. It's not like you need a lot of money anyways.

[BG-57]

Sure, but what I disliked was the way it made life more difficult for people like me, who spend a lot of time building up characters in between the main adventures.

[Daryl]

Well, fish have gills. So I guess in some FF realities, they use rotting fish parts for currency. Weirdos.

[Shoeberto]

Gil is nothing more than currency used in the various FF worlds.

I know what it is. I just want to know what it is.

[Roogle]

They're just coins made out of silver, gold, and other precious metals.

[Shoeberto]

I was playing FFI last night and I had this theory that they had to abbreviate Gold to fit a certain character length, and then from there it was just a mistranslation. GOLD->GOL->GIL.

It's kind of like R=U except I'm awesome.

[rubah]

Giru.

[Roogle]

I don't think there was any mistranslation. It's just what it's called.

[DJZen]

I was playing FFI last night and I had this theory that they had to abbreviate Gold to fit a certain character length, and then from there it was just a mistranslation. GOLD->GOL->GIL.

It's kind of like R=U except I'm awesome.

Except that they made it fit the 2 character length by calling it "G". I therefore conclude no.

Clearly, the money is named after either an important ruler or the founder of the economic system. In this case, that person is obviously Gillian Anderson of X Files fame. If you need further proof, just consider that Gillian Anderson is teh hotness. I rest my case.