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Anyone know whatever came of this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Community_Scrip
http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/...eers18809.aspx
The original website http://detroitscrip.org is gone. Any of these still floating around? Any of the original businesses still accepting them?
Bump? Nobody knows anything about this?
Not sure, Kiraly.
The currency was 'founded' by the owners of a few local bars, all of which were somewhat invested in the rebuilding of some cool, old properties into joints many of us frequent today. I was around one of the un-named instigators of this at the time, who also owned a pretty famous downtown deli that he killed.
It was quaint, but only those local tradespeople who frequented their establishments seemed to keep 'em all in circulation...most EVERYBODY else would buy a few notes and then keep them as souvenirs. Not exactly the way to populate a new currency circulation.
This is the first time hearing about them in over three or maybe even four years. Unfortunately, through that whole time, I was too broke to even buy a souvenir myself.
But it was a fun experiment. I never heard from any of the founders if they ever got a visit from the Secret Service or any federal agency like that.
Cheers,
John
If anyone has one to spare, I'll pay face value plus shipping for it. I collect these kinds of local "currency" from around the world and would love to have one. Would prefer one in mint condition if possible.
The only thing I could find on the Internet Wayback Machine is a partial page
http://web.archive.org/web/200904120...roitscrip.org/
It looks like the wayback machine says it has 38 captures , some archived websites you can't go very deep into it , but this one looks like you'll be able to view a handful of archived pages
http://web.archive.org/web/20090808060745/http://www.detroitscrip.org/
You may be able to pull a couple email addresses off the contact us list that may be good still , nothing listed on ebay as far as I can tell
Bumping in case anyone has any of these coupons they'd be willing to sell to a west coast collector. Thanks!
I used to buy these, or take them as change when they came out. Looked pretty good, can see why people collected them. I unfortunately spent them all, and they just kinda disappeared from circulation over time.
I finally own one of these elusive pieces of Detroit history. The project lasted for just a few months in 2009.
I had an eBay alert for "Detroit community scrip" set for years and no bites. Finally one popped up and I snagged it. I paid $10 for it. I wonder how many more are floating around out there.
"Aloha, motherf***ers!"
— Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, greeting reporters while vacationing in Hawaii, circa 1989.
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I wonder if the hotel took Krugerrands?