Bells

From Animal Crossing City

Bells are the currency used in the Animal Crossing series. They are used primarily to buy things from Nook's and Crazy Redd's as well as from the villagers, Gracie, the Able Sisters', Brewster, and Harriet. In the original Animal Crossing the player could carry up to 849,999 bells at any one time. In Animal Crossing: Wild World this is substantially expanded upon as the player can have 99,999 bells in his/her wallet and 15 99,000 bell bags in his/her pockets, bringing the grand total to a maximum of 1,584,999 bells on hand at any one time. This can be further expanded by putting bells into letters for an additional 990,000 bells, but these do not count as on hand as they will not be counted when the player talks to someone who wants to sell something.

Bells are most often seen in brown sacks with a dark brown star in the middle, tied with red rope at the top but are actually coins if viewed as items in quantities of multiples of 100 (as opposed to 1,000 as is normal) in Wild World and City Folk.

There are many ways to make bells. You can sell things, or do favors for people. Or you can shake trees to get out money. You can also make a money tree by burying money with a golden shovel. (Please note there is not a 100% chance you will always get money on the tree, but the profits can be tremendous.)