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Global Barter / The Americas / G071

The Americas · Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina · G071

Club de Trueque

Neighbourhood barter clubs that spread through a national crisis.

Front of Club de Trueque: 10 Nodos, inspired by Red Global de Trueque (barter clubs), with actual Noun #43
Front · 150 × 75 mm
Back of Club de Trueque: the Red Global de Trueque (barter clubs) tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #43
Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #43, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Club de Trueque: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #43 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe
Security Edition · front
Security Edition back of Club de Trueque: a color medallion of Noun #43 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story
Security Edition · back
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The tradition · 1995–2002

Red Global de Trueque (barter clubs)

The Red Global de Trueque began with a barter club in Bernal in 1995 and grew into a national network using paper créditos; it drew millions in the 2001–02 crisis, then collapsed amid over-issue.

Source: Red Global de Trueque (Wikipedia, español) ↗

How a note would work

Nodos are earned by bringing homemade food, goods or services to a neighbourhood barter club and spent there, with issuance capped to members' trades. Never bought or cashed out.

Design concept inspired by this tradition, not issued by or for the people who keep it. Not legal tender, not for sale, no cash value, no redemption and no investment rights.

Front SVG ↓ Back SVG ↓ Machine edition
  • PlaceBernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Era1995–2002
  • RegionThe Americas
  • UnitNodo · Nodos
  • Face value10 Nodos
  • SerialGB-G071-N0043
  • NounActual Noun #43 ↗
  • Why this NounA network that called itself 'global' gets a whole planet.
  • Headjupiter
  • Glassessquare grey light
  • Bodypeachy a
  • Accessorytxt nil grey dark
  • Seedbg 0 · body 21 · acc 117 · head 112 · glasses 9