Linden Dollar
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The Linden Dollar (notation: L$) is the virtual economic currency in Second Life. It is also commonly represented as "L" postfixed. "K" is sometimes used for thousands of linden so, 1K is 1000L.
[edit] Currency Existence
It has no official physical representation in-world, although many residents have made their own version of how they think the L$ should look. L$ can be traded for USD (United States currency) and vice versa via the LindeX service, or by other services, some of which are reliable, but many are not.
[edit] Slang Terms
Starting in late 2005, some residents began referring to Linden Dollars as ellz. The are also called linden.
Some terms for specific amounts are:
- dime for 10L
- ken for 50L
- C for 100L
- grand for 1000L
In November 2006 Linden Labs began releasing metrics on Linden dollar amounts on the SL website.
[edit] Links
- Economic Statistics - various official economic statistics
- LSL Wiki: Linden Dollar
- SL Wiki: Linden Dollar
