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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4188037, member: 15481"]This is one of many different issues of the local currency «løn» («pay») from the «free city» Christiania in Copenhagen. They have been issuing these for over 40 years. The silver «fed» («fat one») are even more intriguing, but more expensive:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075890[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Freetown Christiania</b>, also known as <b>Christiania</b> (<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" rel="nofollow">Danish</a>: Fristaden Christiania or Staden), is an <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community" rel="nofollow">intentional community</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commune" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commune" rel="nofollow">commune</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> of about 850 to 1,000 residents, covering 7.7 hectares (19 acres) in the borough of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianshavn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianshavn" rel="nofollow">Christianshavn</a> in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" rel="nofollow">Danish</a> capital city of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen" rel="nofollow">Copenhagen</a>.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> It was temporarily closed to visitors by residents by consensus in the plenum in April 2011 and a later occasion, but later re-opened.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Freetown Christiania</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Fristaden Christiania</b></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Christiania.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Christiania.svg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Christiania.svg/125px-Flag_of_Christiania.svg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Flag</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Freetown_Christiania.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Freetown_Christiania.svg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Coat_of_arms_of_Freetown_Christiania.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_Freetown_Christiania.svg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Coat of arms</p><p><b>Anthem: </b>I kan ikke slå os ihjel </p><p>You cannot kill us</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christiania_(OpenStreetMap_within_Copenhagen).png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christiania_(OpenStreetMap_within_Copenhagen).png" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Christiania_%28OpenStreetMap_within_Copenhagen%29.png/250px-Christiania_%28OpenStreetMap_within_Copenhagen%29.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christiania has been a source of controversy since its creation in a squatted military area in 1971. Its <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Denmark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Denmark" rel="nofollow">cannabis</a> trade was tolerated by authorities until 2004. Since then, relations between Christiania and Danish authorities have been strained. Since the beginning of the 2010s, the situation has been somewhat normalized and Danish law is now enforced in Christiania[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4188037, member: 15481"]This is one of many different issues of the local currency «løn» («pay») from the «free city» Christiania in Copenhagen. They have been issuing these for over 40 years. The silver «fed» («fat one») are even more intriguing, but more expensive: [ATTACH=full]1075890[/ATTACH] From Wikipedia: [B]Freetown Christiania[/B], also known as [B]Christiania[/B] ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language']Danish[/URL]: Fristaden Christiania or Staden), is an [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community']intentional community[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commune']commune[/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] of about 850 to 1,000 residents, covering 7.7 hectares (19 acres) in the borough of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianshavn']Christianshavn[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark']Danish[/URL] capital city of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen']Copenhagen[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] It was temporarily closed to visitors by residents by consensus in the plenum in April 2011 and a later occasion, but later re-opened.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] [B]Freetown Christiania Fristaden Christiania[/B] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Christiania.svg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Christiania.svg/125px-Flag_of_Christiania.svg.png[/IMG][/URL] Flag [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Freetown_Christiania.svg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Coat_of_arms_of_Freetown_Christiania.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_Freetown_Christiania.svg.png[/IMG][/URL] Coat of arms [B]Anthem: [/B]I kan ikke slå os ihjel You cannot kill us [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christiania_(OpenStreetMap_within_Copenhagen).png'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Christiania_%28OpenStreetMap_within_Copenhagen%29.png/250px-Christiania_%28OpenStreetMap_within_Copenhagen%29.png[/IMG][/URL] Christiania has been a source of controversy since its creation in a squatted military area in 1971. Its [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Denmark']cannabis[/URL] trade was tolerated by authorities until 2004. Since then, relations between Christiania and Danish authorities have been strained. Since the beginning of the 2010s, the situation has been somewhat normalized and Danish law is now enforced in Christiania[/QUOTE]
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