The Federation credit was the monetary unit of the United Federation of Planets. Credits were used extensively throughout the Alpha Quadrant as the Federation's power and prestige rose in the 23rd century. (TOS episode: "The Trouble with Tribbles", VAN novel: Harbinger)
History and specifics[]
The credit became the Federation's standard currency unit in 2227. (Last Unicorn RPG module: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook)
Values[]
The USS Enterprise cost fifty billion credits to make. (TOS - Star Trek 3 novelization: Mirror, Mirror)
Circa 2264, a 10,000-credit bounty was placed on a certain Rigellian, dead or alive. (ST - Alien Spotlight comic: "Orions")
In the 2260s, Leonard McCoy purchased an alcoholic beverage for 7.5 credits at a tavern. (TOS novel: Planet of Judgment)
Commander William Riker gave the Ferengi trader Myynagi a few credits for a sample of transinium in 2364. (TNG video game: The Transinium Challenge)
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| Types of currency | |
|---|---|
| materials | acta crystal • gold • diamond • latinum • ludugial gold • silver • Orion energy orb |
| units | bilbok • cent • credit • darsek • decim • dejebbit • dirak • dollar • drokna • ducat • dukor • energy • galorine credit slip • Huch • ilec • kern • klon peag • laertian dinar • lek • lita • notch-rock • prime transfer authority • quatloo • sakto • sous • stellor • szeket • t'chak • talon • tri-esta |
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External link[]
- Credit article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.