Alencrest

Hey all! I've played a DD since it's initial release on ps3 some years ago and when it finally got a higher difficulty mode I was initially very excited. However, the excessive amount of giant coin pouches made me disappointed at the ease of getting the best available equipment. Now on this PC release it isn't as noticeable but I would still like to play hard mode with the same gold drop rates as in normal mode. Any idea on how to do this?