The Money of Harry Potter, Star Wars & More!

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  • Опубліковано 4 лют 2025

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  • @HalfAsleepChris
    @HalfAsleepChris  4 роки тому +339

    Two corrections: The Star Trek currency is called 'Latinum' not 'Latnium as I said (my apologies!) And I've also mis-labelled 'John Wick 3' as 'John Wick 4'

    • @aniketpatil1452
      @aniketpatil1452 4 роки тому +9

      Grain

    • @EvansPokeworld
      @EvansPokeworld 4 роки тому +1

      Hi :)

    • @allstarpilot7478
      @allstarpilot7478 4 роки тому +3

      @@aniketpatil1452 Grain

    • @liamandrews1415
      @liamandrews1415 4 роки тому +4

      I also believe the Harry Potter coin is suposed to be pronounced "cu-nut" rather than nut.

    • @HalfAsleepChris
      @HalfAsleepChris  4 роки тому +19

      @@liamandrews1415 I've heard people pronounce it that way in other videos, but just assumed they were wrong? Is it ever mentioned aloud in any films or anything official?

  • @WJen8
    @WJen8 Рік тому +32

    The bottlecaps one reminds me of my childhood. I had a pretty sad childhood and lived in a giant slum. All the local kids and I used to collect bottlecaps and use them as currency because all the adults drank so much and left their garbage everywhere. Caps for uncommon alcohols were worth much more due to their rarity, while easy to pick up caps were worth like a penny in value. We would buy things like pieces of food, running errands, even gambled during various activities. In my teen years I still had a shoebox of various bottlecaps just in case even though I had already escaped that life. A bittersweet memory.

  • @travelwithtyler
    @travelwithtyler 4 роки тому +431

    The fact that Chris included SCHRUTE BUCKS. Legendary.

    • @stampy_catl0ver867
      @stampy_catl0ver867 4 роки тому

      Yo

    • @blop2735
      @blop2735 4 роки тому +8

      I use Stanley nickels

    • @hoppingh907
      @hoppingh907 4 роки тому

      @@blop2735 lol

    • @williamdunbar2449
      @williamdunbar2449 4 роки тому +9

      And that he quickly referenced the deleted scene with creed printing hundreds of thousands of schrute bucks to get $200 cash from dwight by threat of releasing them and flooding the market lol

    • @liv97497
      @liv97497 4 роки тому

      It never fails to crack me up when I see the gigantic, full-sheet-of-paper sized Schrute buck. Even just the way he holds it makes me laugh.

  • @ultranova9599
    @ultranova9599 4 роки тому +31

    You actually made a sponsor fun to watch. That's why this channel is one of the best on youtube.

  • @connorc4044
    @connorc4044 4 роки тому +42

    Chris’ surf shark ads are the best, always love these

  • @JJLiu-xc3kg
    @JJLiu-xc3kg 4 роки тому +834

    Can’t believe you left out the most important imaginary currency: the one in my wallet

  • @57thorns
    @57thorns 4 роки тому +31

    I think it makes sense to use actual high value metal coins for trading in a galaxy spanning civilization. When it comes to interstellar trading, bartering really is the only way to go.

    • @bobjoebo8933
      @bobjoebo8933 3 роки тому +2

      Never! Invest in dogecoin, it will outlast humanity

    • @popisdeadisagoodsong9997
      @popisdeadisagoodsong9997 3 роки тому +3

      @@bobjoebo8933 Eh, I'm sticking to bartering. I just like to see what random object will I trade for.

  • @moonjellyfish23
    @moonjellyfish23 4 роки тому +81

    hey, i really love your videos, there really well put together and these days you dont often find youtube channels that aren`t all up-in-your-face. well done!

  • @tadzkiraofficial2487
    @tadzkiraofficial2487 4 роки тому +60

    The fact that you mentioned the chocolate form is just HILARIOUS

  • @brick_boy0891
    @brick_boy0891 3 роки тому +9

    I’m a huge fallout fan and I’m happy to see that caps aren’t forgotten

  • @stephenmihos6710
    @stephenmihos6710 4 роки тому +19

    You put a lot of effort into your videos Chris! And it really shows! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @Gggrizz
    @Gggrizz 3 роки тому +3

    I have an old Monopoly game from the 1960's and the banknotes still called "Mark", because "Deutsche Mark" were the currency in Germany in the 60s. And they are more pastell than the newer ones.

  • @yuhsnt
    @yuhsnt 4 роки тому +153

    Someone: how many coins do you have?
    Half-Asleep Chris: yes

  • @flyingfortress4819
    @flyingfortress4819 4 роки тому +5

    I’m not a fan of collecting fictional notes (like Antarctica or 0 Euro notes), but I think I might start collecting theses because of their interesting backstory and references

  • @atom_plays
    @atom_plays 4 роки тому +87

    Where do I get a Shark Outfit. That was an amazing sponsored segment

    • @MANGLORIOUS
      @MANGLORIOUS 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah it really sets him apart from the biting sponsored segments. This guy deserves so much more subs.

    • @James-en1ob
      @James-en1ob 4 роки тому +1

      Indeed

  • @liv97497
    @liv97497 4 роки тому +4

    Just wanted to say I just found your channel and your videos are really cool. I really like the format and you present the subjects in a very interesting way! Witty, humorous and informative. 10/10!

  • @llamalover5791
    @llamalover5791 4 роки тому +20

    In elementary school ppl made "duck bills" with donald duck drawn into it.
    I still have mine and it brings so many memories 😅

    • @hasanmuhammad6651
      @hasanmuhammad6651 4 роки тому

      What can it buy you?

    • @C4_The_Basalt
      @C4_The_Basalt 4 роки тому

      Same but I drew the money for an in desk rubber duckie society and printed it

  • @anttibjorklund1869
    @anttibjorklund1869 4 роки тому +132

    "Wizarding currency is complicating"
    British pound pre-1970: *hold my pint*

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L 4 роки тому +14

      At least that was based on base-60, and while complicated was devised to be easy to do the maths in your head. Rowling obviously took inspiration from many of the strange names, but deliberately chose numbers that don’t divide nicely at all.

    • @anttibjorklund1869
      @anttibjorklund1869 4 роки тому +3

      @@kaitlyn__L Base-10 all the way!
      As it currently is.

    • @Hailstonepie
      @Hailstonepie 4 роки тому +1

      That was easy, its was just a dozen and the 12 times table.

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow 4 роки тому

      @@Hailstonepie But then you get marks, which were 2/3 of a pound, and guineas, which were 1 1/20 of a pound.

    • @pawelabrams
      @pawelabrams 4 роки тому

      @@SamAronow guineas were a nice way to count a 5% margin on something; you bought something in pounds, sold it in guineas, bam, you're 5% richer. Apparently useful in auction houses, where the person selling would be paid in pounds the amount of guineas the piece sold for.
      Mark is weird though, 13s4d? Like who needs that :D

  • @somethinganimations4005
    @somethinganimations4005 3 роки тому +10

    6:19
    That is actually hilarious

  • @local59_Studios
    @local59_Studios 3 роки тому +2

    FALLOUT IS AWSOME DUDE THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT !

  • @TomAlctel
    @TomAlctel 4 роки тому +9

    Ralph n Bella they're my favourite little coiny cats

  • @Sam09830
    @Sam09830 4 роки тому +3

    Chris i love your videos, your such a kind and passionate person I love your cats as well, thank you for the inspiration you gave me ❤ :)

  • @kjs999912
    @kjs999912 4 роки тому +3

    Wow, what an incredible video Chris! I hope there is a followup, going deeper down some of the rabbit holes. Keep up the good work. (when do we see your own Banknotes and coins? :) )

  • @superluigi9490
    @superluigi9490 3 роки тому

    I’m collecting as many varieties of fictional currency that I can. Star Wars being my favorite. I love the idea of using these in a role playing way. Like with playing actual Sabacc, using them at a Renaissance festival, or at Galaxy’s Edge.

  • @ez-bakeoven6797
    @ez-bakeoven6797 2 роки тому +2

    Fun fact, the brand of soda the bottle cap comes from means nothing, and hasn't since the first Fallout game. The caps value was originally tied to the price of water, and were often referred to as Hub Bucks, since it was the water traders of The Hub who started using caps as a currency as there was a finite amount of them to go around, and its surprisingly difficult to make counterfeits. The second game did away with bottle caps, replacing them with NCR dollars that were based on traditional American currency backed by gold, and mine scrip. NCR dollars are present in New Vegas, but have been severely devalued do to the various wars the NCR involved themselves in. Fallout Tactics replaced caps with ring pulls, and featured them alongside so called Brotherhood scrip.
    Fallout 3 only features bottle caps as the predominant currency, and started the trend of caps being this magic item that everyone holds the same value too. New Vegas, 4, and 76 feature alternative currency along side the cap, but those currencies either serve no real purpose (New Vegas' Legion coins and NCR dollars), or are for very specific transactions (76s gold bullion, legendary scrip, treasury notes, Mr. Fuzzy and mine prize claim tokens, ammo points, 4s nuka-cade tickets hand tokens, and New Vegas' casino chips.
    There does exist in every game post 3, wads of pre-war money, that in the lore of the game universe had been completely devalued due to hyperinflation. Pre-war money has virtually no value in 3, Vegas, and 76, but sports a value in 4.

  • @ARDIZsq
    @ARDIZsq 3 роки тому +3

    I can just imagine another video with more currencies. Rupies from Zelda, Coins from Mario, Rings from Sonic, and who knows how many more are out there.

  • @futur3_cannibalzz
    @futur3_cannibalzz 4 роки тому +3

    wow! every time i watch one of these vids i learn alot more!

  • @BaconPanda
    @BaconPanda 3 роки тому

    I was like yessssssssssssss when I saw harry potter in netflix where I live I almost cried of joy

  • @Fioreisadopted
    @Fioreisadopted Рік тому +1

    Lol the shark costume 😂

  • @Rand0mperson433
    @Rand0mperson433 4 роки тому +2

    I always watch your vids early, keep it up Chris!

  • @Li-lj1fv
    @Li-lj1fv 2 роки тому +1

    Nobody gonna talk about how at 5:07 him saying “Schrute Buck” lines up with Dwight?

  • @MJBiddy1
    @MJBiddy1 10 місяців тому +1

    I have a fiction coin that you don’t have, the thunderclan coin from Warriors also I love your videos 😊❤

  • @Moriya_Lifshits
    @Moriya_Lifshits 2 роки тому +1

    Nice video😄 I am from Israel, and I was very excited to suddenly see the shekel ☺️(שקל). What was funny though, was that the shekel you showed was a 200 shekels buck. It's like talking about a dollar and showing a 200 buck😂

  • @leiyang7410
    @leiyang7410 2 роки тому

    No joke, i reminded it so perfectly it made a loop

  • @chelseawoo2012
    @chelseawoo2012 4 роки тому +4

    I love the Harry Potter coins, I remember getting them for Christmas in chocolate form when I was a kid and Chamber of Secrets came out!

  • @JacketyJacket
    @JacketyJacket 3 роки тому +6

    Adult Swim actually made limited edition Rick and Morty, "Shmeckles" coins. on one side they show the face of one of the characters from the show, and on the other side, they have the Shmeckels logo above a smaller Rick and Morty logo. Written along the top of the coin it reads: 25 Shmeckles. They were produced in 2019 in conjunction with Cartoon Network.

  • @janetthompson8239
    @janetthompson8239 4 роки тому +9

    The amount of coins and banknotes Chris has is outstanding

  • @SaturnCanuck
    @SaturnCanuck 4 роки тому +2

    The Aurebesh letters on the Imperial coins are "resh", "osk", "wesk" and "esk", which spells out Rowe.

  • @voyance4elle
    @voyance4elle Рік тому

    I love the Battlestar Galactica ones!!

  • @TheEndervali
    @TheEndervali 3 роки тому

    I may be months late but I have to say the Bolts Currency in the ratchet and clank series will always hold a special place in m heart

  • @Dragoniccat
    @Dragoniccat 3 роки тому

    Top secret cat stuff! Purrfect thing to protect!

  • @kareemmots6160
    @kareemmots6160 4 роки тому +2

    I love your channel all the time
    Iam with this channel since the beginning

  • @Jaxie32
    @Jaxie32 4 роки тому +4

    This Is A wholesome Nerdy video... And I Love It, Keep Up The good work.

  • @mauromb2320
    @mauromb2320 4 роки тому +1

    Please make this a series

  • @thatocelot879
    @thatocelot879 4 роки тому

    Schrute Bucks at 5:00 and Battlestar Galatica at 7:06. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

  • @hufflepuffwannabe
    @hufflepuffwannabe 4 роки тому +8

    I've wondered for years how much a galleon is actually worth! I love this video!

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L 4 роки тому +3

    Was definitely pleasantly surprised to see latinum there. I think the designs on the various size bars is really appealing.
    I can understand why you didn’t go into the conversions of each currency, but latinum at least works fairly sensibly: 100 slips make a strip and 20 strips make a bar. I’ve always thought of them basically like cents and dollars as a result, with the bar being just extra big for the sake of it (which reminds me of the farthing in old British money). At least the conversions are numerically nice, unlike Rowling’s, which I find important for worldbuilding. Since, despite them all have computers presumably more advanced than our smartphones in their pockets, it’s still nice to just be able to divide something by 100 without having to whip a calculator out.
    (I personally find Rowling’s hand wave bothersome since we never see magic calculators or magic abacuses in the books or films. It’s plausible they could have those, or for instance, enchant a quill to write out maths answers, but if so, why not show us it in the many scenes where the students are studying for end of year exams? As you hint at, it’s just yet another example of backfill from Rowling, when she could just as easily have said, yep I wanted the numbers to be silly. But instead she tried to say the numbers weren’t actually silly, and they totally made sense somehow, even though they’re clearly chosen to not divide easily.)

  • @gato_feliz605
    @gato_feliz605 3 роки тому +1

    Tbh Chris makes the best sponsorship segments

  • @russellstrainzone2384
    @russellstrainzone2384 4 роки тому

    And the cat puns video was hillarious great job

  • @shannonsmith8914
    @shannonsmith8914 4 роки тому +2

    So awesome, thank you for sharing Chris, always very cool information that most of us would never have paid that much attention to!

  • @myunicornuniverse6446
    @myunicornuniverse6446 4 роки тому +1

    Yay! I'm so happy I love the Harry Potter series, theres a bit of it in this video! Thanks Chris! 👍 I'm gonna enjoy this video a lot!

  • @willcritical7242
    @willcritical7242 4 роки тому

    Fallout caps are really important they use them because of the Hubologists and you get them by checking draws and lockers or selling materials clothes and wepons you use them to buy clothes and wepons

  • @z0r4nba80
    @z0r4nba80 4 роки тому

    Glad to see your doing more things

  • @tikascats3938
    @tikascats3938 Рік тому

    Those money studs in Lego are included in star wars bat man and more!

  • @cheesybricks8710
    @cheesybricks8710 4 роки тому

    I love that you added the LEGO currency.

  • @zachyork9145
    @zachyork9145 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing video Chris!!! I never through about the currency in movies and TV, bit I'll definitely keep an eye out from now on. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get some imperial credits

  • @ethanol1586
    @ethanol1586 4 роки тому +6

    This is such a creative video. This channel is definitely one of the most unique channels on UA-cam. Keep it up!!

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +15

    when he mentions Rick & Morty, The Office, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, and John Wick
    *Ah I see you're a man of culture as well*

  • @KaisWafiyy
    @KaisWafiyy 4 місяці тому

    6:09 And A Legend Was Born

  • @benshorr7980
    @benshorr7980 4 роки тому +4

    You had me at imperial credits

  • @julianarocha9370
    @julianarocha9370 4 роки тому

    i'm also a collector, can you please do old francs? those really large ones, you must know which ones i mean. they're so pretty!

  • @courtneytettaton1583
    @courtneytettaton1583 Рік тому

    You got so much effort into your videos . I love your videos so much.

  • @robynjordan3884
    @robynjordan3884 4 роки тому +1

    2:50 those soda caps

  • @Davis...
    @Davis... 4 роки тому

    I love Chris using the shark suit

  • @alexanimations1168
    @alexanimations1168 4 роки тому +34

    This was actually pretty Cool! and I now hope you include the Timestamps on every one of your videos lol. Wishing you the best ;) and by the way, I'm First, and you will never know how muahahahaha

    • @jamesyan3510
      @jamesyan3510 4 роки тому

      how?

    • @jamesyan3510
      @jamesyan3510 4 роки тому

      please I need to know.

    • @dadavio7628
      @dadavio7628 4 роки тому +3

      @@jamesyan3510 Chris can share videos as unlisted, and people can comment on the video. Either that or Tom isn't the only one with a time machine...

    • @tojplus8588
      @tojplus8588 4 роки тому

      Wait lol I just got notifications how is this 9 hours early waaaaa

    • @jazyjvol1
      @jazyjvol1 4 роки тому

      @@jamesyan3510 lol he probbaly got a link from chris

  • @greencatandbluedog
    @greencatandbluedog 3 роки тому

    Septims are my favourite

  • @Brick-Life
    @Brick-Life 3 роки тому

    yes lego money is best money although we only have 1,2,5,10 unit gold coins a 5 unit silver coin and a 100 unit note. i think they are called "studs" from the cheque in brick bank

  • @100billiongaming
    @100billiongaming 2 роки тому

    The only thing you forgot about fallout is that in New vegas it's shown that the NCR as well as the Legion have their own currencies

  • @lbcjrful
    @lbcjrful 3 роки тому +1

    Such a cool vid idea!

  • @Mountain-vz8nx
    @Mountain-vz8nx 10 місяців тому

    Just went to universal and got the Harry Potter coins. Thank you sooooo much for the idea!

  • @pandy024
    @pandy024 4 роки тому

    I found a 1920 one penny the other day, I don't think it's worth anything since it's in bad condition (it's REALLY rusty but what do you expect), but I'm still happy!

  • @lbcjrful
    @lbcjrful 3 роки тому +3

    Chris: Awesome Chris in a shark suit: Awsomer

  • @notalpha8280
    @notalpha8280 2 роки тому

    One of the currencies you put in the picture for Star Wars are sabacc cards

  • @FredTheSpider
    @FredTheSpider 4 роки тому +1

    THEY LOOK SO COOL

  • @PhilAm-Animations317
    @PhilAm-Animations317 Рік тому

    MY HOMELAND PHILIPPINES AT 0:11!!!

  • @maxrigby8766
    @maxrigby8766 4 роки тому +2

    That octopus coin is soooo cool!

  • @ciaraarnold9573
    @ciaraarnold9573 4 роки тому

    I love your inflatable shark costume! 🦈

  • @doriWyo
    @doriWyo 4 роки тому +9

    So nice to have your videos more often!

  • @ukmoxy
    @ukmoxy 4 роки тому +13

    Me: Sees notifications
    Also me: Welp I'm watching this now

  • @clocktopus2643
    @clocktopus2643 3 роки тому

    Chris, you looked so funny in your shark costume!

  • @karrde5566
    @karrde5566 3 роки тому

    starwars mandalorian there seems to be some clear puck shaped ones as well.

  • @hangingwithmygnomes2067
    @hangingwithmygnomes2067 4 роки тому

    You shold also talk about videogame currenc, like the hexagon-diamon like rupees from Zelda.

  • @GarbanzoBeansFan
    @GarbanzoBeansFan 4 роки тому

    that Ralph and Bella conversation tho' 😂😂😂

  • @nelsonpotter4483
    @nelsonpotter4483 Рік тому

    Chris I Absolutely Love your channel And your A great teacher in videos like this one

  • @dr.mystario569
    @dr.mystario569 4 роки тому +1

    This man is a LEGEND

  • @badlexeifullerwolf
    @badlexeifullerwolf 9 місяців тому

    5:55 i call them monoples

  • @Ultima105
    @Ultima105 3 роки тому +2

    I'm only here for the StarWars credits
    Edit: thanks for mentioning StarWars credits

  • @marcelacruz1326
    @marcelacruz1326 3 роки тому

    Whispering: so cool.

  • @ques8
    @ques8 4 роки тому +1

    Your videos are very interesting and unique I don't know how you do not have 1million subs already

  • @Hi_Im_Ethan
    @Hi_Im_Ethan 3 роки тому

    Thank you!

  • @hezlinhamid8645
    @hezlinhamid8645 4 роки тому +1

    where did you got those

  • @frickincookies2568
    @frickincookies2568 4 роки тому +14

    It’s latinum, not latnium, it’s really bothering me lol.
    Additionally, the latinum is the silvery liquid. When it’s in the gold like that, it’s called gold-pressed latinum. It comes in slips, strips, and bars.
    Edit: i can't spell to save my life

    • @puirYorick
      @puirYorick 4 роки тому +2

      OK, for a moment I thought I was the one who'd been mistaking that one for decades.
      Perhaps it's a case like Brits saying a-loo-mini-um although, in that case they actually spell it *their* way.

    • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
      @user-vn7ce5ig1z 4 роки тому +5

      @@puirYorick Nope, Christ just mis-saw the word and made a typo.
      Mooogieee!

    • @MissMTurner
      @MissMTurner 4 роки тому

      And the gold itself? Worthless! There's a joke in one episode where Quark is mad about all the "useless" gold when he finds out his gold-pressed latinum is empty.

    • @puirYorick
      @puirYorick 4 роки тому +2

      @@MissMTurner Some of gold's present day value hinges on human cultural affinity for it. It makes sense that advanced Ferengi would regard it akin to a mere wrapper like the waxed paper for a sandwich. Functional but nothing all that special. Several of the other natural rare earth elements are far more rare, though perhaps less shiny and pretty to us humans.

  • @allthingstoyslove
    @allthingstoyslove Рік тому +1

    I'm named after a half penny coin or a 'Ha'penny'.

  • @antsilacr9935
    @antsilacr9935 2 роки тому

    4:38 i loved that movie lol

  • @dogsand7917
    @dogsand7917 4 роки тому

    I absolutely love this!

  • @olegtarasovrodionov
    @olegtarasovrodionov 3 роки тому

    6:18 you forgot the bronze one, it was in earlier lego games

    • @maniacaldriller
      @maniacaldriller 3 роки тому

      I guess I am not one of the elder gen zs because I don't remember bronze ones

  • @sijamMGL
    @sijamMGL 3 роки тому

    We are really appreciate your meticulous hardwork

  • @Rambi_PorkChop
    @Rambi_PorkChop 4 роки тому

    omigosh chris i LOOVE your video's i've watched since 2017 your videos are INCREADBLE please keep making videos :)

  • @TsukiCondor
    @TsukiCondor 4 роки тому

    I gotta say this such a fun and very unique video

  • @nolan__c9562
    @nolan__c9562 4 роки тому

    schrute bucks are great!