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Cubits are a form of government-regulated currency used throughout the Twelve Colonies prior to the Cylon Attack (Mini-Series).
The cubit typically comes in two forms: coin and paper (Mini-Series).
The paper version comes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 (logically assumed) and even 1000 (Colonial Day). Coin versions of Cubits also exist and bear the icon of the Colony they originated from on at least one side (Black Market).
Currency became worthless in the eyes of some, particularly Tom Zarek, because it was a vestige of the "old ways" that the survivors clung to. Despite this, Wallace Gray was instrumental in creating and maintaining commerce in the Fleet, so this form of currency is still utilized (Colonial Day).
It is assumed that cubits became the common currency after the Articles of Colonization were passed.
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The Cubit is an ancient unit of measurment used by various civilizations and mentioned several times in the Christian Bible, most prominently in the Old Testament story of Noah's Ark. The natural cubit is based on the distance between thumb and another finger to the elbow on an average person.