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[[File:XD PDA open.jpg|thumb|right|[[Michael]] starts off with {{PDollar}}10,000]]

'''Pokémon Dollar''' (Japanese: '''ポケドル''' ''Pokédollar'') is the main currency used in most known [[region]]s of the [[Pokémon world]]. Its symbol is {{PDollar}}, a P with a double strikethrough, similar to the ¥ symbol used for {{wp|Japanese yen}} or the € symbol used for {{wp|euro}}, with the P symbol referring to Pokémon.  

The Pokémon Dollar and its symbol were both created for the English translation of the {{pkmn|games}}. In the original Japanese versions (except for Colosseum and XD), the currency used is yen and the symbol used is {{tt|円|えん}}, the kanji for yen. As such, the Pokémon Dollar is based on yen.

Also, much like the yen, the cost of simple items runs in the hundreds—indeed, most items have prices that are multiples of 100 or 1000.

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Pokémon Dollars are acquired primarily by defeating [[Pokémon Trainer]]s in battle, or by selling items at a [[Poké Mart]]. Pokémon Dollars can also be acquired by using the move {{m|Pay Day}} in battle, at the rate of either 2 or 5 times the level of the Pokémon using it, depending on the generation. {{game|Black and White|s}} introduce the concept of [[item maniac]]s. Item maniacs are [[NPC]]s who will pay large sums of money for certain items, most of which have no other use but to be sold to these people.

In the handheld [[Pokémon games]] before Pokémon Black and White, a [[player]]'s wallet can hold only up to {{PDollar}}999,999. This may cause frustration when trying to save up for the advertised price of a [[Bicycle]] in [[Generation I]] (and its [[Generation III]] remakes) or a [[SlowpokeTail]] on {{rt|32|Johto}} in [[Generation II]] (and its [[Generation IV]] remakes), since both are advertised for {{PDollar}}1 more than the player can carry. The [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]], [[Generation V]] and [[Generation VI]] games allow players to carry up to {{PDollar}}9,999,999.

 

Other names that fans have come up with for the monetary note over the years have been "Pokédollars" (which would later become its Japanese name), "Credits", "PokéMoney", "Pocket Money", "Zenny", "PokéYen", "Pen" or "Pyen". Most fans simply refer to them as "dollars". However, according to {{g|Colosseum}} and {{Pokémon XD}}, the official name for them is Pokémon Dollars.

[[Battle Point]]s (introduced in [[Pokémon Emerald]]) are used as currency in numerous battling facilities, such as the [[Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle]] [[Battle Frontier (Generation IV)|Frontiers]] of [[Hoenn]] and [[Sinnoh]]/[[Johto]], as well as the [[Battle Subway]] and [[Pokémon World Tournament]] of [[Unova]].

The [[Pokémon world (Mystery Dungeon)|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon world]] used [[Poké]] as its sole form of currency up until [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity]]. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Gold Bars are used as a form of currency as well for purchasing items.

In the [[Pokémon Dream World|Dream World]], [[PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure]] and [[PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond]], [[Berry#In side games|Berries]] are used as a form of currency instead.

[[Watt_(currency)|Watts]] are used in the {{wp|pedometer}}s [[Pokémon Pikachu]], [[Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS]], and the [[Pokéwalker]] in order to collect and unlock a plethora of rewards.

At the [[Battle Castle]] in [[Battle Frontier (Generation IV)|the Sinnoh and Johto Battle Frontiers]], Castle Points are used to get power ups and items.

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Pokémon Dollars are not used or seen in the [[Pokémon anime]], whether the original or the English dub, although money has been mentioned throughout the anime and the yen symbol (changed to a dollar symbol in the dub) appears on a restaurant bill in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.

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* The symbol for {{PDollar}} resembles an unofficial but often-used symbol for the {{wp|Russian ruble}} currency—the {{wp|Cyrillic}} letter {{wp|Р}} with a horizontal stroke and an extended curved line. It can also be seen to resemble one way of writing the symbol for {{wp|Philippine peso}}, the official currency of the {{wp|Philippines}}.

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