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|caption = [[Money tree|"Simoleon" trees]] in [[The Sims 3]].
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[[File:Gold simoleon.png|left]] The '''Simoleon (§)''' is
Its value can vary between titles, and doesn't consistently reflect any real-life currency (such as the US dollar or British pound), as many of the more expensive items are marked down in price, while some of the cheapest may be marked up; for example, in ''[[The Sims 2]]'' an SUV costs approx. §4000, while a pizza costs §40. Usually, items of limited duration are more expensive, while durable objects or house structures are cheaper. This reflects the fact that a [[Sim]] has less time to earn money in the series than would be available in real life. Much like the real world, better quality items are generally more expensive. Also, the simoleon has no sub-units; the only way something can cost less than §1 is for it to be free.
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In ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'', Hero Sims will start with either §12,000 or §1,000, depending on whether or not their house is furnished or unfurnished.
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== Making money ==
{{see also|Game guide:Earning simoleons}}
Sims need a minimum amount of money in order to buy [[food]] and pay their [[bill]]s. Leaving bills unpaid for too long results in either a visit from the [[repo-man]]{{Vgversion|TS}}{{Vgversion|TS2}}{{Vgversion|TS3}} or in electricity and water systems being shut.{{Vgversion|TS4}} (In the handheld versions of ''The Sims Bustin' Out'' and ''The Urbz: Sims in the City'', Sims/Urbz who skip their bills are arrested instead.)
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Some Sims can make money through creative endeavors, such as [[painting]] or [[Writing (The Sims 4)|writing]]. In ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'', ''[[The Sims 3]]''<ref>In ''The Sims 3'', Sims cannot play an instrument for tips unless they have at least level 5 [[instrument skill|skill]] with that instrument.</ref> and ''[[The Sims 4]]'' Sims can collect tips while playing an instrument. There are a number of [[Workbenches|crafts]] Sims can partake in, where the objects they create can be sold. In ''[[The Sims 4: City Living]]'', Sims can set up street tables and galleries in order to sell their collectibles and paintings with the price being freely decided from 0% to 300%.
[[Investments]]{{Vgversion|TS3}} are another way Sims can earn money. A Sim can buy a partnership in one of the [[rabbit hole]]s in a neighborhood and collect weekly earnings. As of ''[[The Sims 3: Ambitions|Ambitions]]'', Investments are not limited to rabbit holes, and Sims can buy into almost every community lot, being challenged to upgrade it in order to make even more money.
Sims can make money by completing [[opportunities]]{{vgversion|TS3}} and choosing wisely when given a career [[chance card]]{{vgversion|TS2}}.
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==Trivia==
* The name originates from the word [[wiktionary:simoleon#English|simolean]]/samolean, first used as far back as 1895.
* The symbol can often be typed by holding in the '''Alt''' key and typing '''21''' on the numeric keypad. This requires that NumLock be turned on, and the symbol that appears may depend on which font is in use. If NumLock is off, typing '''21''' on the numeric keypad while holding in both '''Shift''' and '''Alt''' may work. On keyboards with an AltGr key, it can be typed by using '''AltGr + Shift + S''', and on some European keyboards a simple '''Shift + ½''' will do, while on other European keyboards it is the opposite (making it so pressing the key gives § and pressing the key+shift gives a ½). In Microsoft Word, this can be achieved by typing '''a7''' or '''A7''', then pressing the '''Alt''' and '''X''' keys when the cursor is adjacent to the text.. The symbol can also be typed on the Macintosh operating system by pressing '''Option(Alt.) + 6''' without using the number pad.
* The name for the '''§''' is the 'section sign' and is most often used to refer to sections of text, particularly in in legal documents.<ref>[[wikipedia:§|Section sign]] at Wikipedia.</ref>
* Some computer users use '''$''' (dollar sign) instead of '''§''' (Section sign) to represent Simoleons, likely because they either do not know how to or are otherwise unable to type that character. Simoleons in ''SimCity'' and ''SimCity 2000'' for Super NES also appear as '''$'''.
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