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2 Stroud Pounds
| Issuer | Stroud Pound Co-op Ltd |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | stroud pound co-op ltd two stroud pounds two TRANSITION STROUD 2009 6p 6p 6p october april |
| Reverse description | Green note with a central vignette of a felt carding machine at left and Edwin Beard Budding operating his lawnmower at right, set against a grassy landscape. Upper border displays the Stroud district coat of arms with motto 'PERSEVERA' flanked by heraldic griffins. Lower register carries a tenter rack scene with serial number and three facsimile signatures. |
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The Stroud Pound launched in September 2009 as one of the early wave of British local currencies attempting to keep spending within a defined geographic area — in this case, the Stroud valleys of Gloucestershire. Administered through the Stroud Pound Co-operative, the notes were exchangeable at par with sterling at participating businesses and could be purchased and redeemed through local outlets. Unlike the better-known Bristol or Totnes Pounds, Stroud's scheme was run on a cooperative rather than charitable model.
Printed locally, the notes were never legal tender in any formal sense. The scheme wound down after a few years, making surviving examples genuinely finite.