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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 565189, member: 66"]I've been having problems trying to locate what communities have these scrip issues but I'm sure there are a fair number of others. Apparent there ARE thousands of such communities world wide but I've only been able to locate a small number of them. The depression scrip of the thirties used to be widely collected but I'm not sure if they are as collected today. This new local scrip may become collectible in the future, but not unless it gets more publicity.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few communities</p><p>Ithica NY</p><p>BayBucks in northwest Michigan</p><p>BerkShares in Massachusetts</p><p>Lehigh Valley Hours in eastern PA</p><p>They have apparently been used in local areas in Miami, St Louis, Washington DC, San Francisco, Boston, and Brooklyn.</p><p>I find references to programs in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Greenfield MA, Olympia WA, Pittsburo NC, Sonoma CA, Mendocino CA, Santa Barbara, Ukiah CA (This one never made it off the ground), Williston ND, Wheeling WV, and Ft Wayne IN. I'm sure there are more but trying to find them is a litle difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 565189, member: 66"]I've been having problems trying to locate what communities have these scrip issues but I'm sure there are a fair number of others. Apparent there ARE thousands of such communities world wide but I've only been able to locate a small number of them. The depression scrip of the thirties used to be widely collected but I'm not sure if they are as collected today. This new local scrip may become collectible in the future, but not unless it gets more publicity. A few communities Ithica NY BayBucks in northwest Michigan BerkShares in Massachusetts Lehigh Valley Hours in eastern PA They have apparently been used in local areas in Miami, St Louis, Washington DC, San Francisco, Boston, and Brooklyn. I find references to programs in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Greenfield MA, Olympia WA, Pittsburo NC, Sonoma CA, Mendocino CA, Santa Barbara, Ukiah CA (This one never made it off the ground), Williston ND, Wheeling WV, and Ft Wayne IN. I'm sure there are more but trying to find them is a litle difficult.[/QUOTE]
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