US city's wooden dollars herald return of hyper-local currencies

[Tanimariya]

Tenino, Washington has launched a micro-currency made of printed wooden sheets, to support local business owners during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tenino, a small American city in Washington, has launched its own local dollars—printed on thin sheets of wood—to fight the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Although this currency is made out of trees and not digits, it’s a great example of the impact that custom-made "microcurrencies" can have on local economies.
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