Harbour Hour

A town time bank that held firm through the earthquakes.

Back of Harbour Hour: the Lyttelton Time Bank tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #70 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #70, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Harbour Hour: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #70 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Harbour Hour: a color medallion of Noun #70 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · since the mid-2000s

Lyttelton Time Bank

Lyttelton's time bank, run by Project Lyttelton since the mid-2000s, is called New Zealand's first; in the 2010–11 earthquakes its network helped residents repair, feed and house each other.

Source: The Lyttelton Timebank (University of Canterbury research impact) ↗

How a note would work

Tides are earned by giving an hour of help to a neighbour or local group and spent on an hour of someone else's help. They are 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

PlaceLyttelton, Christchurch, NZ
Erasince the mid-2000s
RegionOceania & the Pacific
UnitTide · Tides
Face value1 Tide
SerialGB-G058-N0070
NounActual Noun #70 ↗
Why this NounAfter the Canterbury earthquakes, road cones became the region's unofficial emblem.
Headcone
Glasseship rose
Bodypeachy a
Accessorycarrot
Seedbg 1 · body 21 · acc 24 · head 54 · glasses 0