Frog Coin
- This article is about the green coins with an image of a frog. For the yellow medals with an image of a frog, see Medal (Wario Land 4). For the green coins without an image of a frog, see Green Coin.
| Frog Coin | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | |
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
- “You're a first timer, aren't you? Listen up. The green coins you find periodically are Frog Coins. Accumulate them and you can buy items at Tadpole Pond.”
- —Tadpole, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Frog Coins are a special type of coin in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Unlike regular coins, a Frog Coin makes a deep, musical clunking sound when picked up. Frog Coins usually appear the same size as big coins, though they appear small in a few locations, such as the Lava Blubble room in Booster Tower. Frog Coins are hidden in several Hidden Treasures and are given during some minigames by performing well.
- At the Midas River falls, four Frog Coins appear outside the caves. After the barrel-jumping event, the player can also exchange 60 recently obtained coins for one Frog Coin. By collecting 100 coins in one session, the player is awarded five Frog Coins.
- By completing the Sky Bridge's Expert course in Land's End, the player gets a Frog Coin.
- Collecting a Golden Beetle during the Beetle Race and giving it to the Snifster at Beetles Are Us rewards the player with one Frog Coin.
- Successfully scaling the Tall Cliff in Land's End in under twelve seconds (eleven in the Nintendo Switch remake) rewards the player with one Frog Coin; scaling the cliff in under eleven seconds (ten in the remake) rewards the player with five. This can be done an unlimited number of times.
- At Grate Guy's Casino, the player can get one Frog Coin by lining up three symbols in the slot machine. The player can also bet one Frog Coin in Blackjack. By winning, they win an additional Frog Coin.
Jumping on a Wiggler consecutively ten times on the field in the Forest Maze rewards the player with one Frog Coin; likewise, the player earns a Frog Coin for jumping on a Shogun in the desert whirlpools consecutively three times.
The player can sell the Bright Card to an NPC in the Marrymore shop for up to ten Frog Coins, but to buy it back, the player must pay fifteen Frog Coins.
There are two shops that sell items in exchange for Frog Coins. The first is the "Frog Coin" emporium at Tadpole Pond, and the second is a small shop set up by Frogfucius' Student in Seaside Town. Both shops sell rare items in exchange for Frog Coins. A unique Special Frog Coin gets stolen from Mallow by Croco. When Croco returns it, it is used to buy a Cricket Pie.
In the Nintendo Switch remake, "Special Enemies" are guaranteed to drop one Frog Coin when the player defeats them. In Booster Pass, the player can purchase missing Monster List entries from the Monster List Agent for three Frog Coins each.
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Screenshot of Frog Coins in a concealed area in Belome Temple, from Super Mario RPG for the Nintendo Switch
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カエルコイン[?] Kaeru Koin |
Frog Coin | |
| カエルマークのコイン[?] Kaeru māku no Koin |
Frog-marked Coin | Rare Frog Coin description | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 青蛙金币[?] Qīngwā Jīnbì |
Frog Gold Coin | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 青蛙金幣[?] Qīngwā Jīnbì |
Frog Gold Coin | |
| Dutch | Kikkermunt[?] | Frog coin | |
| French | pièce grenouille[?] | frog coin | |
| German | Froschgroschen[?] | Frog Penny | |
| Italian | Moneta rana[1] | Frog coin | |
| moneta rana[?] | frog coin | ||
| Korean | 개구리코인[?] Gaeguri Koin |
Frog Coin | |
| Spanish | moneda rana[?] | frog coin |
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Italian e-manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 6.
