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Global Barter / Oceania & the Pacific / G056

Oceania & the Pacific · Kona, Hawaiʻi Island, USA · G056

Island Seed Swap

Farmers and gardeners swap seeds of locally adapted crops.

Front of Island Seed Swap: 3 Cuttings, inspired by Hawaiʻi Island community seed exchanges, with actual Noun #90
Front · 150 × 75 mm
Back of Island Seed Swap: the Hawaiʻi Island community seed exchanges tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #90
Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #90, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Island Seed Swap: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #90 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe
Security Edition · front
Security Edition back of Island Seed Swap: a color medallion of Noun #90 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story
Security Edition · back
v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · since 2002

Hawaiʻi Island community seed exchanges

Hawaiʻi Island's first community seed exchange was held in Kona in 2002; later swaps with partners such as The Kohala Center let growers trade seeds and cuttings of locally adapted food crops.

Source: Seed exchange gives gardeners a wide variety of choices (Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 11 April 2016) ↗

How a note would work

Cuttings are earned by bringing clean, pest-free seeds or cuttings to a swap and spent on other growers' varieties. 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
  • PlaceKona, Hawaiʻi Island, USA
  • Erasince 2002
  • RegionOceania & the Pacific
  • UnitCutting · Cuttings
  • Face value3 Cuttings
  • SerialGB-G056-N0090
  • NounActual Noun #90 ↗
  • Why this NounHawaiʻi Island was built by volcanoes, and its gardens grow in volcanic soil.
  • Headvolcano
  • Glassessquare teal
  • Bodybluegrey
  • Accessorychecker bigwalk rainbow
  • Seedbg 1 · body 3 · acc 29 · head 217 · glasses 17