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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1002927, member: 39&quot;]Hard to tell for me where/why such &quot;local money&quot; or complemetary currency works and where it does not. In the German state where I live (NW, pop. about 18 million) there is hardly anything in that regard. In Southern Bavaria however, close to Austria, the <u><a href="http://www.chiemgauer.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chiemgauer.info/" rel="nofollow">Chiemgauer</a></u> seems to be quite successful. This is not notgeld, of course, but it is local or regional too.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chiemgauer &quot;notes&quot; expire after three months but their validity can be extended; this way you lose 2%. The <u><a href="http://www.webmasterpro.de/design/article/konzeption-regionalwaehrung-eine-gestalterische-betrachtung.html/image/Chiemgauer-Fcher.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.webmasterpro.de/design/article/konzeption-regionalwaehrung-eine-gestalterische-betrachtung.html/image/Chiemgauer-Fcher.jpg" rel="nofollow">obverse designs</a></u> are ho-hum in my opinion, but some of the <u><a href="http://www.chiemgauer.info/279.0.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chiemgauer.info/279.0.html" rel="nofollow">reverse designs</a></u> are very nice. Nowadays you can even use a Chiemgauer debit card - regional money in the plastic age.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, in Anglo-Saxon media those regional money initiatives in the euro area are sometimes &quot;abused&quot; in the sense of, look how these people do not want the euro. Too bad for the Daily Telegraph etc. that there were or are similar projects in £ or $ communities ...</p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6692755.stm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6692755.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6692755.stm</a> (Totnes, UK)</p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Business/story?id=2903049" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Business/story?id=2903049" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Business/story?id=2903049</a> (Southern Berkshire, US)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t actually collect notgeld (just have a few issues), but yes, it would be a lifetime job to &quot;hunt&quot; them all. Maybe focus on a specific city or county? What could also work - especially with the earlier notes that were not inflation money but issued due to the lack of small change - is collecting one denomination (say 50 Pfennig) notes only. Or ... collect what you find attractive, and accept that your collection will never be complete. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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