Geoff Allemand Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 G'day from Australia. I was hoping someone would help me find a website where I can get notes that are from locally produced currencies. There are a number of towns/cities around the world producing their own local currency to help local communities. Are there people who are collectors of these notes I could contact? Any thoughts? Thanks Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 http://www.berkshares.org/ http://www.ithacahours.org/ These seem to be some the most common local currencies. You might want to take a look at the sites. All the best, Clive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 There was quite a lenghty thread on here about that a while ago. Unfortunately I cannot get search to work for me at the moment. You might want to pm Mike Morotta he has written a number of articles about this subject. His id is MMoratta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 hiya! i collect local currencies as well. not too many people do, so it's nice coming across others. here's a link to my website of scans: http://public.fotki.com/sanmiguel/private_...cal-currencies/ one of these days i'll have to update the new additions with better descriptions. right now, most of them are just labeled with whatever generic name i gave them after the scanner. here's where i picked them up: http://www.cascadiahourexchange.com http://www.hourexchange.org http://www.ithacahours.org http://www.berkshares.org http://www.humboldtexchange.org http://www.riverhours.org http://www.burlingtoncurrency.org http://www.madisonhours.org http://www.torontodollar.com i've always found it cheapest to obtain them directly from the issuers. just e-mail them, and they should be happy to help. i told them i was a collector, and every note they sent me arrived in uncirculated condition, the german notes i have are somewhat new...and i've only been able to find them on e-bay. i wish i knew how to get more of those direct. good luck on the hunt, and welcome to coinpeople! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 wow, ithaca has their own currency? cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Looks like! I just did a quick search on Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Allemand Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Thanks Guys for the prompt replies. That is going to be very helpful. I have had one email reply from Berkshire and they are asking $42(US) for only 3 notes....including postage. Does that seem a fair price to you? Have not done this before. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 I canna believe that nobody here mentioned that Coinpeople has its' own currencies. We have smackers, dollars, and grains of sand. I have several of them on my banknotebank.com site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 when i ordered berkshares, the berkshire chamber of commerce responded to my e-mail the very same day. they charged me face value + $6.00 shipping and handling. $6.00 over face wasn't so bad, considering they also took the time to look for crispy new notes & sent them in a protective mailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Allemand Posted August 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 I canna believe that nobody here mentioned that Coinpeople has its' own currencies. We have smackers, dollars, and grains of sand. I have several of them on my banknotebank.com site. Thanks. I have had a wee look but can't seem to find them...bit of a newbie with all this. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 I canna believe that nobody here mentioned that Coinpeople has its' own currencies. We have smackers, dollars, and grains of sand. I have several of them on my banknotebank.com site. heheh, i posted without ever seeing this reply. here's a link to tiffibunny's banknotebank. http://banknotebank.com/user_view.aspx?id=Tiffibunny i like the way her camera catches the holograms vs. our scanner pics. i almost forgot about the guineas! i don't have any of those... gotta love this aspect of coinpeople's paperpeople. the majority of us have our own private issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Topher Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 wow, ithaca has their own currency? cool. Yep. We used to collect them where I worked. We didn't see them often, but they did circulate. I'm a little sorry I didn't collect them when I was there, but I may have to phone my old buddies one of these days and see if I can get my hands on one or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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