Nnoboa Turn

Neighbours take turns weeding each member's farm.

Back of Nnoboa Turn: the Nnoboa labour-exchange groups tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #19 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #19, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Nnoboa Turn: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #19 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Nnoboa Turn: a color medallion of Noun #19 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · pre-colonial to present

Nnoboa labour-exchange groups

Nnoboa is an Akan custom in which neighbours take turns working each member's fields; an IFPRI study dates it to the pre-colonial era, before cocoa cooperatives arrived in the late 1920s.

Source: Farmer-Based Organizations in Ghana (IFPRI Ghana Strategy Support Program) ↗

How a note would work

Turns are earned by working a day on another member's farm and spent when the group comes to yours, especially at weeding time. 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

PlaceAkan farmlands, southern Ghana
Erapre-colonial to present
RegionAfrica & the Middle East
UnitTurn · Turns
Face value6 Turns
SerialGB-G001-N0019
NounActual Noun #19 ↗
Why this NounSouthern Ghana is cocoa country, and a chocolatey cookie is the sweetest nod to it.
Headcookie
Glassessquare watermelon
Bodycomputerblue
Accessoryclover
Seedbg 0 · body 5 · acc 40 · head 56 · glasses 18