The Americas · La Quiaca, Jujuy, Argentina · G076

Manka Fiesta

Highland pots, wool and salt bartered for valley maize and fruit.

Back of Manka Fiesta: the Manka Fiesta (pot fair) tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #39 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #39, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Manka Fiesta: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #39 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Manka Fiesta: a color medallion of Noun #39 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

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The tradition · long-standing; each October

Manka Fiesta (pot fair)

Each October, La Quiaca's Manka Fiesta, named for the Quechua word for cooking pot, gathers potters, herders and farmers from the Puna and southern Bolivia to trade ceramics, wool and produce.

Source: Manca Fiesta (Wikipedia, español) ↗

How a note would work

Pots are earned by bringing crafts, wool or produce to a yearly border fair and spent on goods from other valleys. 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.

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PlaceLa Quiaca, Jujuy, Argentina
Eralong-standing; each October
RegionThe Americas
UnitPot · Pots
Face value3 Pots
SerialGB-G076-N0039
NounActual Noun #39 ↗
Why this NounA mug is a cooking pot's little cousin, fitting for a fair named after one.
Headmug
Glassessquare yellow saturated
Bodypeachy a
Accessorychecker RGB
Seedbg 0 · body 21 · acc 26 · head 133 · glasses 20