The End of the Lewes Pound

 

I'm sorry to tell you that the Lewes Pound has been withdrawn. I've always been a big fan of local independent currencies and a number of towns across the country have se them up. There was an attempt in Oxford, see background links below. A local currency or LETS- local economic trading scheme frees a community from control of the national and international banks. They have been vital for protecting people from the worst of financial crisis and empowering them in a world of increasing enslavement and centralization. The media describes it as the "final surviving local economy", but that's not true. There are other smaller and less formal organizations in parts of London and Bristol; but I'm sure the media want us to feel downhearted so they describe Lewes' thus. The people behind the Pound say that the project "ran out stream". It was launched in 2008 and became a model on those started in many other places, but the people running it have nobody waiting to take it over; I'm guessing they're all very old. The rise in cashless finance is also to blame, for example see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/01/tales-from-cashless-island.html. People have until Sunday to spend them all before they are all cancelled. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr9ev9yy2zo. The Lewes Pound notes were available in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, and 21; I'm not sure why the last irregular amount was included. Their exchange rate was set in parity with Sterling like the currency of the Isle of Man. They were well-designed with picturesque imagery. The figurehead was Thomas Paine, the famous philosopher and anti-colonial activist. His ideas were crucial to the establishment of the French republic and USA. He lived in Lewes from 1768 to 74. Susan Murray, the director of the Lewes Pound project, said that the people were very proud of their currency even if they've never used it. My advice would be: if you're proud of it, use it! Despite this setback, all is not lost. The ethos behind independent local currencies remains and another major financial crash will solidify that into action like it always does. To this day, thousands of people have chosen to step out of the globalist dictatorship and plan their own lives with the help of their friends and neighbours. More and more of us will follow their example as necessity bites.
See here for more information: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2008/09/archers-local-economy.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2013/02/bank-of-dave.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-oxford-pound.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/01/orwellian-coin.html.