Currencies: lire, euro, dime, cent, peso
Cheeses: edam, feta
Stones: ???
#2 is probably a vowel, as is #8 OR #9. Hmmm
a kind of stone could be a GRAVE stone
or a GRIND stone
or a JEWEL
SHALE
Stone: Lapis, Guard, Pitch, Paver
'night Bib.... thanks for the new puzzle!!
recap.......
currency: cash, cent, coin, dime, euro, gold, lire, peso
cheese: bleu, blue, brie, curd, edam, feta, goat, whey
stone: emery, flint, guard, grave, grind, jewel, lapis, magma, paver, pitch, shale, stela, stele
Peace and Love: With all those clues, we should solve this one in no time at all.

I'm off to bed now and will think about this one tomorrow - and think about it and think about it and....
Wake Up, Everybody!! I think I've got the answer!!
BLASTULAE
currency: tala
cheese: blue
stone: stela
I bet you're right, PaL! Merry, merry! :-D
Congratulations!
BLASTULAE was the answer.
CURRENCY = TALA.
CHEESE = BLUE.
STONE = STELA.
7 different letters were: A, B, E, L, S, T and U.
4 vowels were A, A, E and U.
YAY!!!! Mister Bib, I'd'a thunk you'd be ultra-busy today and tomorrow. Good to see ya! :-D