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2 Buzuk
| Issuer | Buzuk (Monnaie Locale Complémentaire du Pays de Morlaix) |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a view of the Morlaix river estuary with the Île Louet lighthouse and the Château du Taureau fortress visible in the background, accompanied by a sailing vessel on the water. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 Bzk 2 Bzk 001066 www.buzuk.bzh |
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The Buzuk is a complementary local currency launched in 2016 by an association in the Pays de Morlaix, Brittany — part of a broader wave of French monnaies locales that gained momentum after the 2014 ESS (Économie Sociale et Solidaire) law gave formal legal footing to such schemes. Like other French complementary currencies of this generation — the Eusko in the Basque Country, the Gonette in Lyon — the Buzuk circulates only within a defined network of participating local businesses and cannot be exchanged for euros by individuals, only spent.
The name derives from "buzuk," Breton for "dirty" or "filthy" — adopted with deliberate self-deprecating humor by the founders.