One gold drachama.
Charon was not a god. He was the ferryman who would take souls across the river Styx.
In the underworld, give it to the ferryman and he will take you across the Styx River.
The Romans buried their dead with coins so that they would have money to pay the ferryman, Charon, to take them across the River Styx into the Underworld.
To enter the underworld in Mythology Island, you need to first acquire a coin from the River Styx. Use this coin to pay Charon the ferryman to take you across the river to the underworld entrance. Then, navigate through the underworld by solving puzzles and challenges to reach the heart of the underworld.
The deceased reach the Underworld by Charon the ferryman. If he is paid his fee he will take souls across the river. Thus the custom of placing coins over the eyes of a corpse. So the soul can afford to pay Charon.
Because if you paid him beforehand, he would take your money and drown you.
Pay Charon the ferryman to take you across.
Hades was so feared because he is the ruler of The Underworld. If he enjoyed a soul he wanted to take, he would do it personally, Hermes would usually take the soul to the River Styx to have the soul get to the Underworld
Actually, they would put a coin in or on a dead person's mouth, to allow them to pay the ferryman Charon to take them across the river Styx to Hades.
Hades took Persephone to the underworld because of Persephone's beauty.
The River Styx is in the underworld realm of Hades. The boatman Charon will take you down the river and you must avoid the three hazards (rocks, flaming skulls, and river monsters) to reach the Throne Room of Hades where the dog Cerberus stands guard.
To take Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Zeus, to the Underworld as wife.