Stroud pound
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History
Launched on 12 September 2009,[2][3] the scheme is an initiative of the local Transition Towns group. Unlike the Totnes pound and the Lewes pound, the Stroud pound is based on the Chiemgauer, a community demurrage currency circulating in the Chiemgau region of Bavaria, Germany since 2003. The Stroud pound has a demurrage rate of 3% every six months.[4] As of April 2010, 30 businesses in Gloucestershire are enrolled in the programme.[5]
On the day of the launch, local currency with a face value of over 1,000 Stroud pounds was sold.[6]
However, in 2011 only £4,000 worth of Stroud pounds were issued. Some local businesses complained about the hassle and said customers still supported them but preferred to use sterling.[7]
In 2015 a discussion on a possible re-launch was held.[8]
One of the founders, Molly Scott Cato said in 2016 that the currency was "never viable".[9]
As of November 2019[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the website had not been updated since 2012,[10] but Stroud Pound Co-op Ltd still exists.[11]
Currency design
Stroud Pounds were available in four denominations: £1, £2, £5 and £10. All feature Philippa Threlfall's 1972 mural "Buildings of Stroud" and a Fuller's teasel (Dipsacus sativus) on the front, and various images of local significance (including local celebrities, landscapes, flora and fauna) on the back. The highest denomination features Laurie Lee.[12] Designs are printed in bright colours on watermarked security paper.
References
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- ↑ Town launches its own bank notes BBC News 13 September 2009
- ↑ "Stroud pound ready to launch", Times Online, 11 September 2009
- ↑ Will the Brixton pound buy a brighter future? The Guardian 16 September 2009
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- ↑ UK town creates own money, Big Pond News, 3 April 2010
- ↑ "Shoppers convert more than £1K into Stroud Pounds", Stroud News & Journal, 14 September 2009
- ↑ Dave Harvey, "Bristol Pound launched to keep trade in the city", BBC News, 19 September 2012.
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- ↑ "Laurie Lee to feature on Stroud bank notes", The Daily Telegraph, 11 September 2009
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