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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 13 > This isn’t money (unless you’re in Pittsboro, N.C.)

This isn’t money (unless you’re in Pittsboro, N.C.)

Nationwide, local currencies are cashing in on the recession

By Nicholas Riccardi / The Bulletin
August 13, 2009

PITTSBORO, N.C. " The stimulus for this mill town turned artist's colony arrived in the form of bills bearing sketches of herons, turtles and trees. It's the Plenty " a local currency intended to replace the dollar.

Last popularized during the Great Depression, scrip, or locally....

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