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==Etymology==
The Septem is named for a number of reasons; for one, it denotes its face value in diamonds, as ''septem'' in {{[[wp|:Classical Latin|Latin}}]] means "seven". It is also a reference to the name of [[Mount September]], the place of the currency's origin, although ironically, though the month's name also originates from the number seven, September has shifted to become the ninth month in modern calendar systems. The "$" symbol is used to abbreviate the word "Septem", being its first letter with a line through it indicating its status as currency.
 
The Yiseptem is abbreviated as ¥, similarly. It is a sixty-fourth subdivision of the Septem, and circulates in much greater numbers; the name comes from the base currency with "yi" appended to the start, from the {{wp|Mandarin Chinese}} {{wp|Pinyin}} ''yì'', from the character 易. This Chinese character means to exchange or to modify; the Yiseptem is a changed form of the Septem. Other significances to the character include but are not limited to its presence in the name of the {{wp|I Ching}}, an ancient Chinese text with relevant associations with such ideas as fortune, prediction, morality, knowledge and change.
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