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A Small Town In Washington Helps Residents, Merchants With Wooden Money

The economic scene today is much akin to the Great Depression at the beginning of the 20th century. On May 21, 2020, Loren Ackerman printed wooden money on an 1890s-era press in Tenino, Washington. In an attempt to cushion the pandemic’s economic fallout, the small town issued wooden currency for the residents to spend locally. […]