Another local currency from the early 1900's:   The bucks started here:  Old currency has Mebane connection     Shantih, 

How would you like to pay for your groceries, or the dry-cleaners or Chinese takeout with a currency that bears whales?   I found this beautiful image at SaltSpringDollars.com 

Some more interesting links on community currency:   BusinessWeek:  Buying Local with Town Currency CBS News:  That'll Be Ten BerkShares Please  ABC News:  BerkShares Calgary Dollars at the Arusha Center  The Small-mart Revolution  Local Currencies:  Replacing Scarcity with Trust 

Hi, Paul. Thanks again for peeking in and showing interest.  You question is comprehensive and a good test for me to determine what i (don't) know and (don't) understand with regards to community currency.  Like yourself my focus is elsewhere,namely trying to keep two real estate deals alive.  So Perhaps when i return from Ireland ...

Thanks, Dale & Al, for your input.  I'll respond to your post after a bit.  I have to re-read a few times. In the meantime, i continue the original thread:    Originally posted by Steve L: Very sholarly dissertation Ramruva. Two points. Thank you, Steve. Now where and on what can i spend those points. ...

''Coin of the Post-Shift Realm was title of a post i wrote in June last year.  I would like to resurrect it since the original data was obliterated.  I will include the responses as well. Please feel free to add in your own current replies.    Originally posted by Paul M. Helfrich in the thread The ''Shift'', whats ...