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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1008672, member: 19065&quot;]Great thread, glad you opened up the topic here. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I have posted a&nbsp; couple of times in the past about collector-opportunity in local&nbsp; currencies. </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Here are some Wiki reference links:</b></p><p><b></b><b></b></p><p><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currency" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currency" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia: Local Currency</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_currency" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_currency" rel="nofollow"><b>Wikipedia: Complementary currency </b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">There are some really interesting note designs in use in&nbsp; Germany, that&nbsp; incorporate very colorful reproductions of illustrations&nbsp; and abstract&nbsp; fine art. Some of these can&nbsp; be found in the World / Paper&nbsp; Money categories on eBay for a few bucks&nbsp; per note from time to time.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.bizhacks.com/alernative-regional-currecy.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bizhacks.com/alernative-regional-currecy.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Regional Currency</b></a> (Germany) from bizhacks.com [or the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO8yYyy6Yj8&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO8yYyy6Yj8&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">direct YouTube link</a>] </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Some other examples are: <a href="http://www.berkshares.org/whatareberkshares.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.berkshares.org/whatareberkshares.htm" rel="nofollow">BerkShares</a> (MA), <a href="http://www.ithacahours.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ithacahours.com/" rel="nofollow"> Ithaca Hours</a> (NY), <a href="http://baroondollar.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://baroondollar.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Baroon Dollar</a> (Australia) [not sure what happened to an older Baroon Dollar site, so I&#039;ve linked to this blog.] </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Here&#039;s a list of <a href="http://www.ithacahours.com/otherhours.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ithacahours.com/otherhours.html" rel="nofollow">other cities with Other Hours</a> programs similar to Ithaca, New York&#039;s which have started up following the success of Ithaca Hours. The Ithaca Hours site has an article about the <a href="http://www.lightlink.com/hours/ithacahours/archive/0101.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lightlink.com/hours/ithacahours/archive/0101.html" rel="nofollow">Chinese Government studying the Ithaca Hours program</a> back in 2001.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><font face="verdana">One of the Board of Directors of Ithaca Hours, Stephen Burke conducted an extensive video <a href="http://www.tvcert.com/watch/46809/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tvcert.com/watch/46809/" rel="nofollow"><b>interview</b></a> conducted by Italian journalists (in English). The video is 80 minutes long, but h</font>e gives a lot of insight about the program.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Local scrip has been slowly cropping up across the world, especially gaining strength in the&nbsp; last 10 years or so for pretty much obvious reasons. What intrigues me is not the politics behind it&nbsp; all, but the possibility that designers of these notes may be local&nbsp; artists or crafts persons, everyday creative type people taking part in their financial-system, not just trained engravers working for departments of government with security in mind. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.cointalk.t90430/#ixzz11UkiQkDo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.t90430/#ixzz11UkiQkDo" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.cointalk.t90430/#ixzz11UkiQkDo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.t90430/#ixzz11UkiQkDo" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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