Maybe there is already a config for this and I missed it; but is it possible to add a config so that the AW2 coins drop from killed monsters? I would love to be able to use the coins as server currency if so!

No way in AW, but you can set that up with LootTweaker.
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/loottweaker

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