Quote Originally Posted by 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 .
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.