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* [[Fourth Corner Exchange]] ({{wikipedia|Fourth Corner Exchange}}): privately-run [[community currency]] in Pacific Northwest, but software is [[open source]]; has begun spreading to other areas | * [[Fourth Corner Exchange]] ({{wikipedia|Fourth Corner Exchange}}): privately-run [[community currency]] in Pacific Northwest, but software is [[open source]]; has begun spreading to other areas | ||
* [[Ithaca Hours]] ({{wikipedia|Ithaca Hours}}) - local currency in [[Ithaca, NY]] | * [[Ithaca Hours]] ({{wikipedia|Ithaca Hours}}) - local currency in [[Ithaca, NY]] | ||
| + | ** member of the [http://www.e-flux.com/timebank/network Time/Bank] network | ||
* [[Liberty Dollar]] ({{wikipedia|Liberty Dollar}}): shut down by Federal government on an absurd charge of counterfeiting and possible violation of a US statute ([http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/486.html USC 18 §486]) prohibiting alternative coinage | * [[Liberty Dollar]] ({{wikipedia|Liberty Dollar}}): shut down by Federal government on an absurd charge of counterfeiting and possible violation of a US statute ([http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/486.html USC 18 §486]) prohibiting alternative coinage | ||
* [[NCPlenty]] ([http://www.ncplenty.org/ web]): [[local currency]] in [[North Carolina]]; no apparent activity since 2006 | * [[NCPlenty]] ([http://www.ncplenty.org/ web]): [[local currency]] in [[North Carolina]]; no apparent activity since 2006 | ||
* [[Phoenix Dollar]] ([http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20061102070650/https://www.phoenixdollar.com/ archive.org, 2006]): appears to be [http://www.dgcmagazine.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/11/phoenix-dollar-is-now-closed/ defunct]; metal-backed. Possibly a scam. | * [[Phoenix Dollar]] ([http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20061102070650/https://www.phoenixdollar.com/ archive.org, 2006]): appears to be [http://www.dgcmagazine.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/11/phoenix-dollar-is-now-closed/ defunct]; metal-backed. Possibly a scam. | ||
** '''2007-07-08''' [http://everyjoe.com/work/interview-with-gordon-hayes-creator-of-phoenix-dollar-pt-1-of-2-162/ Interview With Gordon Hayes Creator Of Phoenix Dollar Pt. 1 of 2] | ** '''2007-07-08''' [http://everyjoe.com/work/interview-with-gordon-hayes-creator-of-phoenix-dollar-pt-1-of-2-162/ Interview With Gordon Hayes Creator Of Phoenix Dollar Pt. 1 of 2] | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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* '''2011-03-22''' [http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/03/journal-alternative-currencies.html JOURNAL: Alternative Currencies] by John Robb (founder of the [[htyp:Metacurrency Project|Metacurrency Project]]) | * '''2011-03-22''' [http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/03/journal-alternative-currencies.html JOURNAL: Alternative Currencies] by John Robb (founder of the [[htyp:Metacurrency Project|Metacurrency Project]]) | ||
** note especially [http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/03/journal-alternative-currencies.html#comment-6a00d83451576d69e2014e86f05671970d g48's comments] on what the IRS reportedly told the founders of [[Ithaca Hours]] | ** note especially [http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/03/journal-alternative-currencies.html#comment-6a00d83451576d69e2014e86f05671970d g48's comments] on what the IRS reportedly told the founders of [[Ithaca Hours]] | ||
| + | * '''2011-01-12''' [http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?111+ful+HJ557 Virginia HR 557] sponsored by [[US Republican Party|Republican]] delegate [[wikipedia:Robert G. Marshall|Robert G. Marshall]] proposes that the [[Virginia]] state government create an alternative metal-backed currency, and gives evidence that state governments are allowed to do so. | ||
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