Europe · Ukrainian villages, Ukraine · G031

Toloka Wall

Villagers raise clay-and-straw walls together, then celebrate.

Back of Toloka Wall: the Toloka tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #3 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #3, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Toloka Wall: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #3 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Toloka Wall: a color medallion of Noun #3 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · traditional; into 20th c.

Toloka

Toloka is an old Ukrainian custom of collective village work, from harvests to raising houses with clay-straw walls; ethnographers record building tolokas and their rites into the 20th century.

Source: The Ethnology Notebooks, 2025 No. 2 (182), Institute of Ethnology, NAS of Ukraine ↗

How a note would work

Daubs are earned by joining a group build or repair day and spent when your own home or garden needs many hands. 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

PlaceUkrainian villages, Ukraine
Eratraditional; into 20th c.
RegionEurope
UnitDaub · Daubs
Face value12 Daubs
SerialGB-G031-N0003
NounActual Noun #3 ↗
Why this NounClay and straw for the walls were often mixed underfoot, so the toloka gets a sturdy boot.
Headboot
Glassessquare fullblack
Bodydarkbrown
Accessoryscarf clown
Seedbg 1 · body 6 · acc 79 · head 21 · glasses 7