"A shrouded man pulls out a wad of chyen and counts it."
I'm proposing that the message should be adjusted based on how much chyen your character is holding, something like this:
1-5 chy
A shrouded man pulls out a few chyen and counts them.
100 chy
A shrouded man pulls out a small wad of chyen and counts it.
101-1,000 chy
A shrouded man pulls out a wad of chyen and counts it.
1,001 - 10,000 chy
A shrouded man pulls out a fat wad of chyen and counts it.
10,001 - 50,000 chy
A shrouded man pulls out a shitload of chyen and takes a moment to count it.
50,001 +
A shrouded man pulls out a shitload of large chyen bills and takes a moment to count them.
Gives flavor but most of all it gives folks who are paying attention a hint that there might be a mark in the room. Nothing draws attention in a room full of people as some big-dog flipping through his wad of twenties and hundreds. Even an honest person sees that wad of easy money and thinks, "Well, maybe I could just rob this -one- guy..."