
Labour currencies

tab format


A currency system for small towns, local areas etc.




	+------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	| 100			         |1/2|1/2|1/2|1/2|
	|			         | hr| hr| hr| hr|
	|			         |   |   |   |   |
	| 			         +---+---+---+---+
	|			                         |
	|  Currency 	garden maintenance               |
	|			                         |
	|		name, telephone number	  	 |
	|			                         |
	| 2 hrs total		                         |
	| valid for purchases only if fully intact       |
	| remove a tab for each 1/2 hour of work done	 |
	|			                         |
	|			                     100 |
	+------------------------------------------------+



'valid for purchases only if fully intact' means that the note can only be used to purchase things in shops if

	all the tabs are still on the note (the '1/2 hour' sections at the top)



1. Update the diagram for your format, then print several of the notes



	change the words 'garden maintenance' to the type of work that you do


	write your name and telephone number where it says 'name, telephone number'.





2. if no telephone, would need some way of contacting the other person, such as a notice board in the centre of the town

	'can joe smith come to bill jones' place for general cleaning work'





3. other options for work type



	babysitting 

	house cleaning

	legal work/advice (lawyers)

	general activity (tidying up around the house, etc)

	...

	... 

	any other type of work





4.	Have a person to collect the different types of notes as a collection

	To get a note from this person, must pay the value of the note plus a $5 fee




5. Use in shops to purchase items


6. used by shops to pay salaries to staff, to pay suppliers for goods, and to purchase items in other shops


7. interchangable with normal money, i.e. should have the same value as a normal $100 note.


8. Approximate prices,

	Coffee, softdrink	$3

	Hamburger		$5

	Dinner			$12

	Jeans, shirt		$100




Full set of formats



	+------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	| 100			         |1/2|1/2|1/2|1/2|
	|			         | hr| hr| hr| hr|
	|			         |   |   |   |   |
	| 			         +---+---+---+---+
	|			                         |
	|  Currency 	garden maintenance               |
	|			                         |
	|		name, telephone number	  	 |
	|			                         |
	| 2 hrs total		                         |
	| valid for purchases only if fully intact       |
	| remove a tab for each 1/2 hour of work done	 |
	|			                         |
	|			                     100 |
	+------------------------------------------------+



	+------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	| 50			                 |1/2|1/2|
	|			                 | hr| hr|
	|			                 |   |   |
	| 			                 +---+---+
	|			                         |
	|  Currency 	garden maintenance               |
	|			                         |
	|		name, telephone number	  	 |
	|			                         |
	| 1 hour total		                         |
	| valid for purchases only if fully intact       |
	| remove a tab for each 1/2 hour of work done	 |
	|			                         |
	|			                      50 |
	+------------------------------------------------+



	+------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	| 25			                     |1/2|
	|			                     | hr|
	|			                     |   |
	| 			                     +---+
	|			                         |
	|  Currency 	garden maintenance               |
	|			                         |
	|		name, telephone number	  	 |
	|			                         |
	| 1/2 hrs total		                         |
	| valid for purchases only if fully intact       |
	| remove a tab for each 1/2 hour of work done	 |
	|			                         |
	|			                      25 |
	+------------------------------------------------+








9. Small notes


Notes for small values

e.g. 1 newspaper


	+------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	| 5		      5 of these notes = 1/2 hour|
	|			                         |
	|			                         |
	|			                         |
	|  Currency 	garden maintenance               |
	|			                         |
	|		name, telephone number	  	 |
	|			                         |
	|       		                         |
	| valid for purchases only if fully intact       |
	| 5 of these notes = 1 note of $25		 |
	|			                         |
	|			                       5 |
	+------------------------------------------------+



	+------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	| 2		      				 |
	|			                         |
	|			                         |
	|			                         |
	|  Currency 	garden maintenance               |
	|			                         |
	|		name, telephone number	  	 |
	|			                         |
	|                                              	 |
	| valid for purchases only if fully intact       |
	| 5x2, and 1x5 =  1 note of $25		 |	 |
	|			                         |
	|			                       2 |
	+------------------------------------------------+



	+------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	| 1		      				 |
	|			                         |
	|			                         |
	|			                         |
	|  Currency 	garden maintenance               |
	|			                         |
	|		name, telephone number	  	 |
	|			                         |
	|                                              	 |
	| valid for purchases only if fully intact       |
	| 25 of these notes = 1 note of $25		 |
	|			                         |
	|			                       1 |
	+------------------------------------------------+




	Notes to equal $25


	$5 notes	*****

	$1 notes	*************************


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System in operation



1. Customers will come into the store, restaurant etc. and hand over a $50 note, for example.

2. Give them $50 worth of items

3. Once per week, give some of the notes to the staff that work at your location as a salary (payment in exchange for working there). Keep the remaining notes.

4. These notes can be given to people to clean the building, work in the garden, build structures around the land around the house etc.

5. You can give a note to the person for doing the work, or call the person who's name is on the note and get them to do the work directly.

6. These people are the customers for that location and for other stores, restaurants etc.

 


Individual person


1. Write your name on a blank note (in the format above)

2. Use this note to purchase items in stores (food items etc).

3. You may receive phone calls to do the work indicated on the note. In these cases, do the work 

	as the person has requested.

4. Write out new notes when needed.



This is known as a 'labour currency' system. Basically the same as conventional money, with the 
	
	value being a period of work rather than a small sum of gold, silver etc.



