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The Americas · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · G083

Tallcan Trade

A no-cash swap scene where tallcans and transit tokens set prices.

Front of Tallcan Trade: 2 Tokens, inspired by Bunz Trading Zone, with actual Noun #84
Front · 150 × 75 mm
Back of Tallcan Trade: the Bunz Trading Zone tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #84
Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #84, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Tallcan Trade: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #84 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe
Security Edition · front
Security Edition back of Tallcan Trade: a color medallion of Noun #84 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story
Security Edition · back
v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · since 2013

Bunz Trading Zone

Bunz Trading Zone began in Toronto in 2013 as a Facebook group with a no-cash rule; tall cans of beer, transit tokens and groceries became its informal units of exchange.

Source: Bunz (Wikipedia) ↗

How a note would work

Tokens are earned by offering household goods, clothes or furniture in a no-cash swap group and spent on other members' items. 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
  • PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Erasince 2013
  • RegionThe Americas
  • UnitToken · Tokens
  • Face value2 Tokens
  • SerialGB-G083-N0084
  • NounActual Noun #84 ↗
  • Why this NounBunz sounds like buns, and a hot dog is what goes in one.
  • Headhotdog
  • Glassessquare watermelon
  • Bodygrayscale 8
  • Accessorytxt rofl
  • Seedbg 0 · body 12 · acc 124 · head 106 · glasses 18