Editing Bear coin

|image=[[File:Bear Coin DKC3 artwork.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''

|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])

'''Bear coins''' (also spelled '''Bear Koins''')<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #51|page=21 and 24|date=December 1996}}</ref> are silver [[coin]]s with an imprint of a bear. They appear in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' as the currency of the [[Northern Kremisphere]], and are the successor to the [[Banana Coin]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''.

Bear coins are items in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong|Kiddy]] use them to purchase various items at some of the [[Brothers Bear]] cabins, namely [[Bazaar's General Store]], and to play at [[Swanky's Sideshow]], which costs two bear coins to play each time. Bear coins appear in every [[level]], often in hidden or higher areas. Some bear coins are invisible until the [[Kong]]s collect them. If either Dixie and Kiddy exit from a [[Bonus Level]] or restart the level, the bear coins return where they originally appeared. The Kongs can only carry up to 99 bear coins. If the Kongs defeat a boss in subsequent rematches, they win bear coins instead of a [[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]]. Whenever the player saves the game, the total number of bear coins is also saved.

In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], [[Swanky Kong]] charges two bear coins whenever Dixie plays the [[Swanky's Dash]] minigame, just like with Swanky's Sideshow. At [[Cranky's Dojo]], it costs one bear coin to play [[Cranky Kong]]'s minigame at first, but subsequent plays cost two bear coins.

Bear coins are items in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They are used at the [[Sheepy Shop]] to buy a [[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]]'s services or to play the [[cards]] game. Besides this, bear coins otherwise have the same purpose as in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''

Bear Coin.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''

Bear Coin DKLIII Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land III''

Bear Coin DKC3 GBA sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance)

|Ita=Moneta Orso<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Spanish-Italian manual|page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2005|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' European manual|page=106}}</ref>

|Ita2=Moneta Bear<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' Spanish-Italian manual|page=46}}</ref>

|ItaM=Bear Coin