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1 zm, obverse

1 zm, reverse, "In Frobs We Trust" 1 zm, gold, obverse, "Idwit Oogle", "857 GUE". As seen in . 500 zm bill, obverse. As seen in .

The zorkmid (abbreviated zm) is the fictional unit of currency in the Zork series of interactive fiction computer games. Infocom minted zorkmid coins for inclusion in The Zork Trilogy package released in 1987. They depict the image of Belwit the Flat, ruler of Quendor in 699 GUE. The date on the coin is an anachronism, as in the Zork timeline Quendor was not renamed the Great Underground Empire ("GUE") until 770.

1 Denominations

These are the known denominations of zorkmid currency:


Value Type Material Shape Other Information
1 zmcoincopperroundObverse depicts Belwit the Flat, 2nd ruler of the Flathead Dynasty, and the date 699 GUE. Reverse depicts Egreth Castle and the motto "In Frobs We Trust"
1 zmcoingoldroundObverse depicts Idwit Oogle Flathead, 11th king of the Flathead Dynasty, the date 857 GUE, and the motto "In Frobs We Trust"
5 zmcoin roundAlso called a "quint-zorkmid" coin. It has a square hole in the center. Obverse bears the phrase "5 Zorkmids."
5 zmbillpaper Accepted in the change machine at the GUE Tech school.
10 zmbillpaper Accepted in the change machine at the GUE Tech school.
100 zmbillpaper Contains the motto "In Frobs We Trust." This bill is not accepted in the change machine at the GUE Tech school.
500 zmcoingold  
500 zmbillpaper A green paper bill which is accepted in the change machine at the GUE Tech school.
10,000 zmcoingoldoctagonalIt bears the phrases "Ten Thousand Zorkmids" and "In Frobs We Trust". It is also a valuable collector's item.
100,000 zmbillpaper Only one of these bills was ever printed, at the personal request of J. Pierpont Flathead.


2 Other uses

The term "zorkmid" has since been adopted in NetHack and tends to make appearances in hackerHacker is a term used to describe different types of computer experts. It is also sometimes extended to mean any kind of expert, especially with the connotation of having particularly detailed knowledge or of cleverly circumventing limits. The meaning of-written games.


3 See also

Zork Fictional currencies



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