Wairarapa Green

A rural mutual-credit exchange for local goods and services.

Back of Wairarapa Green: the Wairarapa Green Dollar Exchange (WAIS) tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #4 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #4, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Wairarapa Green: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #4 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Wairarapa Green: a color medallion of Noun #4 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · since 1991

Wairarapa Green Dollar Exchange (WAIS)

Formed in 1991 as a LETS, the Wairarapa Green Dollar Exchange trades in a mutual-credit unit called the WAIS, worth about one NZ dollar; since 2008, vouchers have let non-members take part.

Source: Origins in the Wairarapa (Wairarapa Green Dollar Exchange) ↗

How a note would work

Members earn Vines by trading local goods and services, recorded in member accounts, and spend them at markets or with other members. Vines 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

PlaceMasterton, Aotearoa NZ
Erasince 1991
RegionOceania & the Pacific
UnitVine · Vines
Face value20 Vines
SerialGB-G060-N0004
NounActual Noun #4 ↗
Why this NounThe Wairarapa is one of New Zealand's best-known wine regions.
Headwine
Glassessquare blue
Bodycomputerblue
Accessorytxt dope text
Seedbg 1 · body 5 · acc 110 · head 231 · glasses 5