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Commodity Currency 

A commodity currency is a currency that moves in a correlated step with the global price of primary commodities due to certain countries’ dependency on the export of raw materials for income.

The commodities include minerals like gold, copper, iron, coal, energy products such as oil and gas, precious metals, produced products like milk, etc.
Ben: "I wish we never went off the gold standard, we should've kept the dollar as a commodity currency."

Bob: "Hurr durr, a private institute managed by unelected people manipulating the economy through the use of fiat money is a great thing!!!"

(Bob is referring the the central bank of America.)
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L currency 

Means you have no money, you are poor. People might also call you poverty.
Guy 1: Hey man can you buy me this bag of chips?

Guy 2: Nah dog, I ain’t got money.

Guy 1: Bro has L currency.
L currency by everestbros February 8, 2023

Pride Currency 

When one is so terrifically awesome, that having money just isn't enough to measure your value. So instead of any ordinary currency, one must use Pride Currency, the currency of the awesomest of the awesomest.
Chuck Norris doesn't use any normal earthly currency, he uses Pride Currency. Anything he buys he pays with pride, and that mother fuck is rich!!!

Math Currency

When sharing useful, light-hearted, or creative math stuff to fellow math educators around the globe gives them an opportunity to know you and to recommend you to interested parties that might need someone with your expertise to meet their mathematical needs or wants.
In addition to performance currency (when you deliver upon a product above people’s expectations) and relationship currency (when you take the time to connect, engage, and get to know people in your milieu), you need math currency to make yourself an odd in a sea of evens.
Math Currency by MathPlus October 28, 2021

Federal Reserve currency 

The currency issued by the Federal Reserve that is marked by being both fiat money and debt money. All American money issued by the federal government is Federal Reserve currency.
Federal Reserve currency is identified with "$USD".

Hobo Currency 

The money (coinage) you get back from buying something which is useless to anybody with a real job, it is just change you cant buy anything with.
hey dude do you have any hobo currency in your wallet so i can go buy a cigarette?
Hobo Currency by Wes Store July 14, 2007

margarita currency

The tendency to measure the cost of something in margaritas or another drink with a fixed, easy-to-remember price.
It'll cost your five less margaritas to fly to Orlando on the 8th than on the 9th.

Think about it in margarita currency. Think about all the margaritas you could buy instead of those slut shoes.
margarita currency by hataraxia August 22, 2011