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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 192789, member: 39&quot;]Good question - if people collect them, there may one day be a catalog for these issues. They do not have much to do with Notgeld but are &quot;inspired&quot; by the idea of supporting the local economy. Part of the concept of such regional or local or currency notes is that they lose some of their value if you don&#039;t spend them soon. Basically Silvio Gesell&#039;s model ...</p><p><br /></p><p>These are &quot;Rheingold&quot; notes/vouchers that some initiative in Düsseldorf issued.</p><p>Johanna (Mutter) Ey <a href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein1-gross.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein1-gross.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein1-gross.jpg</a></p><p>Otto Pankok <a href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein5-gross.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein5-gross.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein5-gross.jpg</a></p><p>Gustaf Gründgens <a href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein10-gross.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein10-gross.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein10-gross.jpg</a></p><p>Heinrich Heine <a href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein20-gross.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein20-gross.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein20-gross.jpg</a></p><p>Clara Schumann <a href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein50-gross.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein50-gross.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.rheingoldregio.de/pic/scheine/schein50-gross.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But as I wrote, I have never seen or used one of those. This <a href="http://www.regionetzwerk.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.regionetzwerk.de/" rel="nofollow">http://www.regionetzwerk.de/</a> is the website of a German &quot;complementary currencies&quot; network. And here <a href="http://www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/ijccr/links.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/ijccr/links.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/ijccr/links.htm</a> are some more links to similar initiatives in other countries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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