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Lewes Pound
| Issuer | Transition Town Lewes |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| In circulation to | 31 August 2014 |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 One Lewes Pound Transition Town Lewes "We have it in our power to build the world anew" Thomas Paine Lewes resident 1768-1774 |
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| Protection description | Holographic element incorporated into the Transition Town Lewes logo device at the lower left of the obverse |
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| Comments |
Transition Town Lewes launched its local currency in September 2008 — not 2009 — with the explicit goal of keeping spending within the town's economy and reducing dependence on distant supply chains, a core principle of the Transition Network movement founded in Totnes. The 2009 date likely marks a reissue or updated print run, as the initial series was printed on polymer substrate with holographic security features, an unusually sophisticated specification for a community currency of this scale.
Accepted by a network of local businesses at face value against sterling, the Lewes Pound was one of the earliest British local currencies to adopt polymer — the same base material used in the post-2016 Bank of England notes, though here sourced and printed domestically years prior.