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CLASSIC: The Rise and Fall of Local Scrip: Alternative Currencies of the Great Depression

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Jul 11, 202639:08Society & Culture

Have you ever been so broke that you ended up creating your own currency? It may sound like a crazy idea today, but during the Great Depression multiple communities actually created and circulated their own forms of loca...

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CLASSIC: The Rise and Fall of Local Scrip: Alternative Currencies of the Great Depression is an episode from Ridiculous History by iHeartPodcasts. Have you ever been so broke that you ended up creating your own currency? It may sound like a...

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Published Jul 11, 2026, 39:08 long, audio available.

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