IJCCR The UK Transition Currencies
Table 1: Background information on the Transition currencies (Jan 2010)
Launch
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No. Businesses
Population
Totnes
March 2007
c.5000
c.70 (2008)
8,000
Lewes
September 2008 (first issue), July 2009, (2nd issue)
c.15,000 (2nd issuance)
c.130
16,000
Stroud
September 2009
4,329
37
20,000
Brixton
September 2009
30,000
140
65,000
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International Journal of Community Currency Research 15 (2011) D 61-67
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