diff --git a/cmd/commands/flags.go b/cmd/commands/flags.go
index 4670ee9fcd..00aae351cd 100644
--- a/cmd/commands/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/commands/flags.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ var (
 
 	CoinFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "coin",
-		Value: "blank",
+		Value: "mycoin",
 		Usage: "Specify a coin denomination",
 	}
 
diff --git a/data/genesis.json b/data/genesis.json
index 3a4c177526..2936a0e4d6 100644
--- a/data/genesis.json
+++ b/data/genesis.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "pub_key": [1, "619D3678599971ED29C7529DDD4DA537B97129893598A17C82E3AC9A8BA95279"],
     "coins": [
 	{
-	  "denom": "blank",
+	  "denom": "mycoin",
 	  "amount": 9007199254740992
 	}
     ]
diff --git a/demo/data/chain1/basecoin/genesis.json b/demo/data/chain1/basecoin/genesis.json
index 717a6345a0..b060121774 100644
--- a/demo/data/chain1/basecoin/genesis.json
+++ b/demo/data/chain1/basecoin/genesis.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "pub_key": [1, "B3588BDC92015ED3CDB6F57A86379E8C79A7111063610B7E625487C76496F4DF"],
     "coins": [
 	{
-	  "denom": "blank",
+	  "denom": "mycoin",
 	  "amount": 9007199254740992
 	}
     ]
diff --git a/demo/data/chain2/basecoin/genesis.json b/demo/data/chain2/basecoin/genesis.json
index 1dcc0d658f..ca690c2cdb 100644
--- a/demo/data/chain2/basecoin/genesis.json
+++ b/demo/data/chain2/basecoin/genesis.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "pub_key": [1, "0628C8E6C2D50B15764B443394E06C6A64F3082CE966A2A8C1A55A4D63D0FC5D"],
     "coins": [
 	{
-	  "denom": "blank",
+	  "denom": "mycoin",
 	  "amount": 9007199254740992
 	}
     ]
diff --git a/docs/guide/example-plugin.md b/docs/guide/example-plugin.md
index e8a431ea5a..b08f336fb7 100644
--- a/docs/guide/example-plugin.md
+++ b/docs/guide/example-plugin.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ OPTIONS:
    --chain_id value  ID of the chain for replay protection (default: "test_chain_id")
    --from value      Path to a private key to sign the transaction (default: "key.json")
    --amount value    Amount of coins to send in the transaction (default: 0)
-   --coin value      Specify a coin denomination (default: "blank")
+   --coin value      Specify a coin denomination (default: "mycoin")
    --gas value       The amount of gas for the transaction (default: 0)
    --fee value       The transaction fee (default: 0)
    --sequence value  Sequence number for the account (default: 0)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ example-plugin tx send --to 0x1B1BE55F969F54064628A63B9559E7C21C925165 --amount
 ```
 
 Note the `--coin` and `--chain_id` flags. In the [previous tutorial](basecoin-basics.md),
-we didn't need them because we were using the default coin type ("blank") and chain ID ("test_chain_id").
+we didn't need them because we were using the default coin type ("mycoin") and chain ID ("test_chain_id").
 Now that we're using custom values, we need to specify them explicitly on the command line.
 
 Ok, so that's how we can send a `SendTx` transaction using our `example-plugin` CLI,