Hi Aidan

I had not heard the word 'notaphily' before but now understand after a quick
look at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notaphily

I might throw the question back to you and ask what notaphily has to do with
local community currencies, being "the study of paper money or banknotes"? :-)

Ok, a few notable CCs issue paper notes - eg Berkshares, Salt Spring Island,
Totnes and Lewes Pounds - and these have become collectable. In fact that is a
weakness with these systems. The first issue of Lewes Pound notes was all
snapped up by collectors and selling on Ebay on the first day of issue for many
times their issuance value!!!

But the majority of mutual credit systems - LETS and time banks - do not issue
notes but keep records of transactions through a website or database. There are
many more of these systems across the globe. A few of them also issue notes in
order to facilitate small transactions.
For instance, Michael Linton and Ernie Yacub have just relaunched 'Community
Way' in Canada, with up to 10% note issuance from a mutual credit system in
order to create profile, attract attention and get businesses trading.


If you look at the description for this group carefully you will see that it was
set up to discuss a participatory society, with a particular (but not exclusive)
emphasis on community currencies as one tool to achieve that aim. That is why
people contribute messages about other items like value networks that are
relevant.

Best wishes

John Rogers

PS Please tell us more about your interests and activities Aidan.






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From: royalist0007 <royalist0007@...>
To: cyfranogi@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, 10 July, 2009 23:50:54
Subject: [cyfranogi] What have the recent postings got to do with local
community currencies?





Dear members,
What have the recent postings got to do with local community currencies?

Nothing as far as I can see.

Yours in notaphily,
Aidan Work.







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