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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 28, July 11, 2021, Article 30

BRISTOL POUND TO BE WITHDRAWN

It looks like it's the end of the line for the Bristol Pound alternative currency. -Editor

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A local currency launched in Bristol nearly a decade ago is to be withdrawn from circulation.

At its peak there were over £1m Bristol pounds in circulation and there is still about £40,000 "out there in people's pockets", the company said.

But the growth of cashless payments and cryptocurrencies made the currency less competitive and it is folding.

Anyone with unexpired £B paper money is advised to return them to Bristol Pound CIC by 30 September.

Run by a non-profit community interest company, the £B was circulated through about 650 businesses in the city and was "the most successful local currency in the UK".

Members could use the alternative to sterling for bus or train rides, to buy groceries, pay tradesmen and even their council tax.

But in January it was revealed the scheme needed £100,000 to cover its £13,000 monthly running costs or it would have to stop operating.

The company has now announced the £B will be "exiting circulation" and is encouraging those "who still have notes sitting around the house in drawers, or behind tills in strongboxes" to return them.

"We want to make sure the currency ends how it began, by helping our local economy and community," a spokesperson said.

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Found via News & Notes from the Society of Paper Money Collectors, Volume VII, Number 3, July 6, 2021. -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
Bristol Pound to be withdrawn from circulation in September (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-57694453)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
BRISTOL POUND ON THE BRINK OF CLOSURE (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n06a33.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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