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The '''Calgary Dollar''' is a [[local currency]] in [[Calgary, Alberta]], [[Canada]]. While functioning as a limited form of currency within Calgary, it is not [[legal tender]] nor is it backed by a national government. Instead, the currency serves (according to its proponents) as a tool for [[community economic development]] as well as a focus for [[community building]]. The Calgary Dollars organization considers its local currency to be implicitly sanctioned by the [[Canada Revenue Agency]] (CRA) based on a CRA publication which discusses the taxation of "credit units possessing a notional monetary unit value" used as a medium of exchange by local [[barter]] groups.

== The currency ==
It comes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 Calgary Dollars.

The bills are printed on a [[plastic]] material in the same dimensions as the [[Canadian dollar]].

In print, the currency is commonly [[currency symbol|abbreviated]] as "C$".

== History ==
The currency was founded in 1996 as a project of The Arusha Centre, in Calgary. The project was originally called the "Bow Chinook Barter Community (BCBC)", and the currency was named the "Bow Chinook Hour".

In 2002, the "Bow Chinook Hour" currency was replaced with "Calgary Dollars" (which was also adopted as the new name of the project).

==See also==
*[[BerkShares]]
*[[Complementary currency]]
*[[Ithaca Hours]]
*[[Toronto dollar]]
*[[Bristol Pound]]

==Source==

[http://wikipedia.org/ http://wikipedia.org/]

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