What does a gil look like?

[UnsEEn_nInjA]

The Ultimania Guides are from Square, officially. They contain information from the creators.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimania

Then we have it from the source. If that's what they say it is, that's what it is. That works. Thanks

[Mirage]

I think they use credit cards for the larger transactions in FF7 and FF8 ;]. They had used Gold Pieces prior to FF7. I think the reason the changed is that FF7's world is a lot more advanced, so using gold pieces would seem kinda out of place. So yeah, in the more advanced worlds, I think they use notes and credit cards in addition to regular coins. Maybe the Throw materia exchanges notes into coins as a part of its power :p.

[UnsEEn_nInjA]

I think they use credit cards for the larger transactions in FF7 and FF8 ;]. They had used Gold Pieces prior to FF7. I think the reason the changed is that FF7's world is a lot more advanced, so using gold pieces would seem kinda out of place. So yeah, in the more advanced worlds, I think they use notes and credit cards in addition to regular coins. Maybe the Throw materia exchanges notes into coins as a part of its power .

Actually (I could be wrong, it's been a while), if I remember correctly, the earlier FFs used GP or G, but never actually called it gold, and a lot of that could be translation. We'd have to go to the original versions to tell in the pre-7 games, and I'm not compotent enough with the language to do it without a headache. If someone else wants to, though, feel free. I'm considering the topic gone now.

[Crossblades]

I always considered gil to be coins

[TheAbominatrix]

GP is short for gold piece typically, so it's a safe bet that's what they meant. However, it's supposed to be gil, GP is simply from translation. Most re-translated earlier games have switched back to gil.

One thing I would like to add though, that occured to me about the space issue of mass amounts of coinage. That does make sense, but most FF games allow the characters to carry 99 of every kind of the 255 items. 99 of one kind of sword is bad enough, but 99 of every different kind of sword would be impossible to carry around, so gil is the least of the 'impossible to haul mass amounts of' worries.

[Renmiri]

Abominatrix is correct, Ultimania is from Square Enix and that page I showed you guys is from one of the 3 FFX Ultimania guides, scanned by Ryu Kaze, also the author of that Wikipedia page about the guides. He has all 3.

[Tavrobel]

I think they use credit cards for the larger transactions in FF7 and FF8 ;]. They had used Gold Pieces prior to FF7. I think the reason the changed is that FF7's world is a lot more advanced, so using gold pieces would seem kinda out of place. So yeah, in the more advanced worlds, I think they use notes and credit cards in addition to regular coins. Maybe the Throw materia exchanges notes into coins as a part of its power .

Actually (I could be wrong, it's been a while), if I remember correctly, the earlier FFs used GP or G, but never actually called it gold, and a lot of that could be translation. We'd have to go to the original versions to tell in the pre-7 games, and I'm not compotent enough with the language to do it without a headache. If someone else wants to, though, feel free. I'm considering the topic gone now.

FFVII also uses GP in the PSX version. In the pre-VII games, they never referred directly to it, but usually, they called it money, or a whatever euphemism that we used back in the nineties.

Also for the FFX-2 Ultimania, it is possible that the gold coins for sphere break are NOT the standard currency used in FFX. If it were, why would they not use it in normal chops? The answer would be that they are 1000 years old, and therefore, not the same thing. Money can change extremely rapidly over time; even the States' currency changes once every five years, and most vending machines don't even TAKE silver dollars anymore.

And The Abominatrix is right, there is the issue of "impossible hauling amounts." However, I think a gander from the world of Pokemon answers that. It's also not unsafe to say that if your Mage knows Mini magic, they can use it on inanimate objects; seems simpler than to cast it on a living thing. Normal fighters could know how to use it on inanimate objects if there is no Magic-user around.

[Chris]

Here's what it looks like:



At least in FFXI.

[Mirage]

I thought it was re-translated in order to conform with the rest of the later games, so that new players wouldn't wonder what the hell GP was.

[Tavrobel]

That was true that it's Gil in the PC version, but not on the PSX version.

[Skyblade]

I think they use credit cards for the larger transactions in FF7 and FF8 ;]. They had used Gold Pieces prior to FF7. I think the reason the changed is that FF7's world is a lot more advanced, so using gold pieces would seem kinda out of place. So yeah, in the more advanced worlds, I think they use notes and credit cards in addition to regular coins. Maybe the Throw materia exchanges notes into coins as a part of its power .

Actually (I could be wrong, it's been a while), if I remember correctly, the earlier FFs used GP or G, but never actually called it gold, and a lot of that could be translation. We'd have to go to the original versions to tell in the pre-7 games, and I'm not compotent enough with the language to do it without a headache. If someone else wants to, though, feel free. I'm considering the topic gone now.

FFVII also uses GP in the PSX version. In the pre-VII games, they never referred directly to it, but usually, they called it money, or a whatever euphemism that we used back in the nineties.

Also for the FFX-2 Ultimania, it is possible that the gold coins for sphere break are NOT the standard currency used in FFX. If it were, why would they not use it in normal chops? The answer would be that they are 1000 years old, and therefore, not the same thing. Money can change extremely rapidly over time; even the States' currency changes once every five years, and most vending machines don't even TAKE silver dollars anymore.

And The Abominatrix is right, there is the issue of "impossible hauling amounts." However, I think a gander from the world of Pokemon answers that. It's also not unsafe to say that if your Mage knows Mini magic, they can use it on inanimate objects; seems simpler than to cast it on a living thing. Normal fighters could know how to use it on inanimate objects if there is no Magic-user around.

I thought GP was used for the Gold Saucer points, but Gil was the normal cash in FFVII.

A nice point. There is also the possibility that the "coins" had no monetary value at all. They could have just been called coins when they were discovered, because they were shaped like coins and no one knew what they were really for.

If you can carry 100 tents around with you, I think you've solved any weight issues involved with your items.

[Tavrobel]

I thought GP was used for the Gold Saucer points, but Gil was the normal cash in FFVII.
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You're probably right. I haven't played FFVII in awhile, but GP sticks out in my head.

[starseeker]

This is a screen shot of a gil from the ending FMV of the FF6 PSX release.

[YTDN]

I think gil is basically like pounds and pennies, like 10 gil, 50 gil, etc. and maybe notes as well.

[sir helix]

i allways thot gil was a chunk of gold