Kuruinin Tapeworm

Tapeworm

Tapeworm
What?	National Currency of Kurui- Tapeworm (Tawaruma)
Why?	Well, if you don't know the use of currency, I'll gladly accept yours from your possession...
Features	Ok, I'll tell you. You use it to BUY THINGS, like the food you live off? And the house you live in? And the electricity for the computer your viewing this with? Capiche?
Predominance	All over the country except in tourists wallets, because they use plastic. Either that or they get scammed a lot, but you didn't hear that from me.

The currency's original name was Ta-waru-ma, named by the Japanese with a name which could be regarded as rather ethical, as it literally means "many divisions of evil". As such early Kuruinin when introduced to the concept quickly learnt to buy things, and those who harboured Tawarumas were considered greedy. One even had to be rescued from being dropped into the volcano by a civilian who had taken the morality onto himself. The morality was quickly lost when people realised how easy it was to forge a piece of paper with four kanji on after the invention of the photocopier. The metal strip was then introduced, (as shown on the right) and the proofing measure is a tester which tests the conductivity and mass of the metal in order to prevent other metals being used to copy one of the other properties. The long thin pieces of money have only ever been rarely laundered since. The name "Tapeworm" comes from a corruption of the syllables after a foreign investor heard the name mentioned quickly after seeing a white dangly thing hanging from a Kuruinin's hand in an attempted agreement. Mexican-Kuruinin trades have since recovered following the mistake, but the name sticks and was officially adopted in 1997.