Besan
The besan [BESS-un] is the currency of Ororr, struck as rounded rectangular coins. In everyday parlance a besan is called a dam.
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One besan is subdivided into eight melea, with one melea divided into eight chiba, one besan being 64 chiba. The besan is a direct continuation of the currency of Dor-en-Sann, which was based on the octal trade numbering system of the Doroun people. For many centuries the church-state intended reforming the currency or creating a new system, but this proved so thorny and controversial a problem that it was never carried out.