2 Stroud Pounds

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.