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The ''yaltan'' (officially known as Inquisitorial Yaltan, in Chlouvānem ''murkadhānāvīyi yaltan''; pl. ''yaltan''; abbrev. CHY or '''y''' — commonly also Chlouvānem Yaltan (''chlǣvānumi yaltan'')) is the currency of the Chlouvānem Inquisition, and also legal tender in the Republic of Fathan and in the Republic of Qualdomailor, and de facto currency in Soenjŏ-tave, Leñ-ṱef, and other countries of the former Kaiṣamā. The name ultimately comes from Lällshag ''jagtåg'' {{IPA|[ˈjaŋtɑŋ]}}, meaning "seashell". <br/>

The yaltan is divided in two units: the first division is called ''camelīṃṣah'' (pl. ''camelīṃṣai''; abbr. '''c''' - from ''cami'' "grand" and Lällshag ''egynce'' "tenth part") and the second is called ''nagyuṣis'' (pl. ''nagyuṣais''; abbr. '''n''' - from Lällshag ''nahuci'' "it is cut down"). As any other Chlouvānem measurement, the yaltan is not decimal but duodecimal: one yaltan equals to 16 (18₁₀) camelīṃṣai, and one camelīṃṣah is equal to 20 (24₁₀) nagyuṣais; thus there are 300 (432₁₀) nagyuṣais in one yaltan.<br/>There are a few unofficial subdivisions, such as the ''komalunda'' (Lällshag ''kåmågunda'' "snail shell") or ''māmina'' (from ''māmei'' 10₁₂),  equal to 10 (12₁₀) camelīṃṣai, or ⅔ of a yaltan.

The current yaltan (CHY) was formally introduced in 6378 (3836₁₂) replacing the former Yaltan of the Union of the Purified States (YKAi; ''ekailai ṣarivāṇumi mālyāvi yaltan''), which was however already colloquially known as Chlouvānem Yaltan and, as 1 CHY equalled 1 YKAi and the old coins and banknotes kept being legal tender for a few years, this was not perceived as a real change in the Inquisition.

The coins of the yaltan are (all values are base 12; all coins are round unless specified):

# the 1y coin of nickel-plated steel, holed with smooth edge; the 2y coin of nickel-plated steel, holed, square, and with a reeded edge, which is the largest; and the 3y coin, the highest-valued (and heaviest) coin, bi-metallic with a ring of copper-plated steel and a center of brass-plated steel, with reeded edge.

All coins are scaled, each one being slightly larger than the one with the smaller value, except for the 2y coin being larger than the 3y one and for the 4n and 10n ones and the 3c and 4c ones having identical size.

# the 10y banknote is red;

# the 20y one is green;

# the 40y one is lilac;

# the 60y one is blue;

# the 100y one is bluish gray in the previous series, which is still the most commonly circulating one, and orange in the newest;

# the 200y one is yellow.