Dat 'umie teef is a lot of muckin about if ya ask me. Ya can only punch a dum 'umie wunce fer 'is teef! An dey'z smaller den even a grot! So insteadza usin dose teef, dey go and make pay pa munee.
If you guys watch the second AMA video you will hear the devs say they find no point in having a separate currency for every race since that just messes things up. Perhaps looting teeth after combat and exchanging them for requisition could be an option but the main resource will still be requisition.