# Custom currency in FLOW

**URL:** <https://forum.flow.com/t/custom-currency-in-flow/1968>\
**Category:** Product & Ideas\
**Created:** [May 23, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/custom-currency-in-flow/1968 "2021-05-23T08:37:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![prutovitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@prutovitz](https://forum.flow.com/u/prutovitz)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/custom-currency-in-flow/1968/1 "2021-05-23T08:37:17Z")

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Hi everyone,

I am relatively new to FLOW. Can anyone tell me how I can create my own cryptocurrency within FLOW? I understand that it is possible but not entirely sure how it would work. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![j00lz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.flow.com/j00lz/32/1940_2.png) [@j00lz](https://forum.flow.com/u/j00lz)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/custom-currency-in-flow/1968/2 "2021-05-24T05:08:34Z")

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> <https://github.com/onflow/flow-ft/blob/master/contracts/ExampleToken.cdc>

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**Author:** ![prutovitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@prutovitz](https://forum.flow.com/u/prutovitz)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/custom-currency-in-flow/1968/3 "2021-05-24T05:21:39Z")

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Thank-you! This is very helpful!

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**Author:** ![flowjosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.flow.com/flowjosh/32/362_2.png) [@flowjosh](https://forum.flow.com/u/flowjosh)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/custom-currency-in-flow/1968/4 "2021-05-24T17:12:19Z")

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@prutovitz Welcome to the Flow community! It is great to have you here! 🙂

I would also recommend checking out the Fungible Token tutorial: [https://docs.onflow.org/cadence/tutorial/03-fungible-tokens](https://docs.onflow.org/cadence/tutorial/03-fungible-tokens)

and the fungible token standard repo docs: [GitHub - onflow/flow-ft: The Fungible Token standard on the Flow Blockchain](https://github.com/onflow/flow-ft)