2 Cochrane Dollars Cochrane, Alberta

The Cochrane Dollar is a local currency initiative launched to encourage residents to spend within the town rather than at big-box retailers in nearby Calgary. These community currencies — sometimes called BerkShares-style instruments after the Massachusetts model — circulate at par with the Canadian dollar within participating local businesses but cannot be redeemed outside the issuing network, effectively trapping purchasing power locally.

Printed in Cochrane itself, the note avoids the offshore production common to many Canadian municipal currency schemes. Whether the Cochrane Monetary Foundation sustained meaningful merchant uptake beyond the initial promotional period is not well documented in the numismatic record.