In 2009, some Detroit businesses agreed to accept a local currency called a Detroit Cheers (aka Detroit Community Scrip) [0]. Per Wikipedia “ Modeled upon the l

In 2009, some Detroit businesses agreed to accept a local currency called a Detroit Cheers (aka Detroit Community Scrip) [0]. Per Wikipedia “ Modeled upon the local scrip that were used during the Great Depression, it was being used to restore local financial confidence following decades of economic decline. ” [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Community_Scrip https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Community_Scrip