Community currencies that have been used in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

Models

Local currency In economics, a local currency is a currency that can be spent in a particular geographical locality at participating organisations. A regional currency is a form of local currency encompassing a larger geographical area, while a community curren ...

* Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS) *

Time-based currency In economics, a time-based currency is an alternative currency or exchange system where the unit of account is the person-hour or some other time unit. Some time-based currencies value everyone's contributions equally: one hour equals one service ...

Currencies

Intra-company

* The Barter Network

Interstate

* Blue Money

Brattleboro, Vermont Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The most populous municipality abutting Vermont's eastern border with New Hampshire, which is the Connecticut River, Brattleboro is located about ...

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Chesterfield, New Hampshire Chesterfield is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,552 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Spofford and West Chesterfield. Chesterfield is home to Spofford Lake, Chesterfield Gorge Natu ...

* BNI

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

Disney dollar Disney Dollars is a form of corporate scrip previously sold by The Walt Disney Company and redeemable for goods or services at many Disney facilities. Similar in size and design to the paper currency of the United States, most bills bear the im ...

Disneyland Disneyland is a theme park in Anaheim, California. Opened in 1955, it was the first theme park opened by The Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. Disney initially envision ...

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Disney World The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment resort complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, near the cities of Orlando and Kissimmee. Opened on October 1, 1971, th ...

* Fourth Corner Exchange

Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Tho ...

* RiverHOURS Columbia River Gorge (Inactive) * Potomacs (Started: 2009) Location: Washington, D.C., suburbs of Northern Virginia and Maryland

Currencies by State

Arkansas

*Local Trade Partners (Started: 2009) hybrid between a local currency and bartering; Fayetteville, Arkansas

Arizona

* Arizona Dollars Dewey, Arizona (Inactive) * Tucson Time Traders Tucson, Arizona

California

* Barter Bucks Concord, California * Bay Bucks San Francisco, California * Berkeley Barter Network Berkeley, California * Berkeley Bread Berkeley, California * Central Pound Clovis, California * Davis Dollars Davis, California * Escondido Dollars Escondido, California * Fairbuck Fairfax, California (2011–2016) * Humboldt Hours Eureka, California, and Arcata, California * Mendocino SEED Fort Bragg, California * North Fork Shares North Fork, California * San Luis Obispo Hours San Luis Obispo, California * Sand Dollars Bolinas, California * Santa Monica Hours Santa Monica, California * Sequoia Hours Garberville, California * Sonoma County Community Cash Santa Rosa, California * TradeMarket Nevada City, California * Ukiah Hours Ukiah, California

Colorado

* Butte Bucks Crested Butte, Colorado * Carbondale Spuds Carbondale, Colorado (Inactive) * Community Cash Durango, Colorado (Inactive) * NOCO Hours Fort Collins, Colorado, Fort Collins, Greeley, Colorado, Greeley, and Loveland, Colorado, Loveland, Colorado (Inactive) * North Fork Helping Hands Paonia, Colorado (Inactive) * Mountain Hours Breckenridge, Colorado (2012 - Current) * Mile High Hours Denver, Colorado (2012 - Current) * Peak Hours Colorado Springs, Colorado (2012 - Current)

Connecticut

* Bristol Bucks Bristol, Connecticut (2021 - Current) * Middletown Cash Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University * Thread City Bread Willimantic, Connecticut (Inactive)

Florida

* Clear Water Hours Tampa, Florida (2012 - Current) (Inactive) * Tampanio Tampa, Florida (a proposed currency based on the BerkShares Model for Tampa, Florida and surrounding communities) (Inactive)

Georgia

* Atlanta Hours Atlanta, Georgia (Inactive)

Hawai'i

* Aloha Hours Hawaii, USA (2013 - Current) * Kauai Barter and Trade Network Kilauea, Hawaii

Idaho

* Boise Hours Boise, Idaho (Inactive) * Labor backed economy Boise, Idaho (Inactive)

Illinois

* White Rabbit Money (downstate Illinois)

Indiana

* BloomingHours Bloomington, Indiana

Iowa

* Wash Bucks Sioux City, Iowa

Kansas

* REAL Dollars Lawrence, Kansas (Inactive)

Kentucky

* Berea Bucks Berea, Kentucky (Inactive)

Louisiana

* Mo' Money New Orleans, Louisiana (Inactive) *US Money and BE Dollars Lafayette, Louisiana *Crescents (Started: 2004) New Orleans

Maine

* Waldo Hours Unity, Maine (Inactive)

Maryland

* Anacostia Hours Mount Rainier, Maryland (Inactive) * Baltimore Hours Baltimore, Maryland (Inactive) * P.E.N. Neighborhood Exchange Takoma Park, Maryland (Inactive) * The BNote Baltimore, Maryland

Massachusetts

* Amesbury Hours Amesbury, Massachusetts (Inactive) * BerkShares (2006) Southern The Berkshires, Berkshires, Massachusetts * Cape Ann Dollars Gloucester, Massachusetts (Inactive) * Valley Dollars Greenfield, Massachusetts (Inactive)

Michigan

* Bay Bucks (started 2006) Traverse City, Michigan * Chamber Bucks Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan * Detroit Community Scrip, Detroit Cheers Detroit, Detroit, Michigan (Inactive) * Hollandollars Holland, Michigan (being discontinued but honored by local chamber of commerce)

Minnesota

* Hero dollar Minneapolis, Minnesota * Houston Bucks Houston, Minnesota

Missouri

* Chamber Bucks Maryville, Missouri * Kansas City Barter Bucks Kansas City, Missouri (Inactive) * Marbles Columbia, Missouri (Inactive) * Hermann Bucks Hermann, Missouri * Trounce Saint Louis, Missouri

Montana

* Missoula Hours Missoula, Montana (Inactive)

Nebraska

*Shamrock Dollars O'Neill, Nebraska *Cozad Cash Cozad, Nebraska

Nevada

* Goldback Nevada, Statewide

New Hampshire

* Shire Silver * Goldback New Hampshire, Statewide

New Jersey

* Duckbills (Stevens Institute of Technology). Hoboken, NJ

New Mexico

* Santa Fe Hours Santa Fe, New Mexico (Inactive)

New York

* Brooklyn Torches (underdevelopment in 2012) Brooklyn, NY * Particle Notes Glens Falls, New York * Hudson Valley Current Kingston, New York *Ithaca Hours (1991) Ithaca, New York * Ithacash - Ithaca Dollars Ithaca, New York

North Carolina

* Asheville LETS Credits Asheville, North Carolina (Inactive) * Bull City Bucks Durham, North Carolina (Inactive) * Earthaven Leaps Earthaven Ecovillage * Mountain Money Mars Hill, North Carolina (Inactive) * PLENTY Pittsboro, North Carolina

Ohio

* Cuyahoga Hours Cleveland, Ohio (Inactive) * Portage Hours Kent, Ohio (Inactive) * Simply Hours Columbus, Ohio (Inactive) * Summit Hours Akron, Ohio (Inactive) * Wooster Hours Apple Creek, Ohio (Inactive)

Oklahoma

* Tulsa Hours Tulsa, Oklahoma (Inactive)

Oregon

* Bridgetown Bucks from PDX Currency Corp, Portland, Oregon, Portland (Inactive) * Cascadia Hour Exchange (1993) Portland * Columbia Community Exchange, Columbia County, Oregon, Columbia County * Gorge Local Currency Cooperative, Hood River, Oregon, Hood River * Jefferson Rounds, Coos County, Oregon, Coos, Curry County, Oregon, Curry, Douglas County, Oregon, Douglas, Klamath County, Oregon, Klamath, Lake County, Oregon, Lake, Jackson County, Oregon, Jackson, and Josephine County, Oregon, Josephine counties * HOUR Exchange, Corvallis, Oregon, Corvallis * PDX Timebank, Portland * Reedville Free Exchange, Reedville, Oregon, Reedville * Xchange Stewards, Portland

Pennsylvania

* Lehigh Valley Barter Hours Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Inactive) * Timebank Media, an initiative of Transition Town Media. Media, Pennsylvania * Equal Dollars (1996) Philadelphia *Downtown Dollars (Started: 2010) Ardmore * Akio Lira Drumore, Pennsylvania

South Dakota

* Brookings Bucks Brookings, South Dakota * Hobo Dough South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota

Tennessee

* Riverbend Tokens Chattanooga, Tennessee (Inactive)

Texas

* Greyhound Bucks Taft, Texas (Inactive) * Houston Hours Houston, Texas * C-City Cash Colorado City, Texas

Utah

* Goldback Utah, Statewide

Vermont

* Bristol Bucks Bristol, Vermont * Buffalo Mountain Hours Hardwick, Vermont (Inactive) * Burlington Bread Burlington, Vermont (Inactive) * Green Mountain Hours Montpelier, Vermont (Inactive) * Middlebury Money Middlebury, Vermont * Vergennes Green Vergennes, Vermont

Virginia

* Floyd Hours Floyd, Virginia (Inactive)

Washington

* Bainbridge Island Bucks Bainbridge Island, Washington (no website found—outdated?) (Inactive) * BizX Seattle, Washington * Timebanks of Puget Sound Kirkland, WA * Fourth Corner Exchange Washington, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, California * Kettle River Hours Kettle Falls, Washington (no website found—outdated?) (Inactive) * Kitsap Hours Bremerton, Washington (no website found—outdated?) * Lopez Island Hours Lopez Island, Washington (no website found—outdated?) (Inactive) * Skagit Dollars Mount Vernon, Washington (no website found—outdated?) (Inactive) * Snohomish Diamonds Snohomish, Washington * Sound Hours, Olympia (Inactive) * SWEL Timebank Shoreline, Washington * Tenino Wooden Dollars, Tenino, Washington * Life Dollars (Started: 2004) mostly electronic with some printed bills; Bellingham and Seattle

Wisconsin

* Chamber Bucks Eau Claire, Wisconsin * Madison Hours Madison, Wisconsin * Milwaukee Hours Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Inactive)

Wyoming

* Goldback Wyoming, Statewide

References

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