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½ Ropi
| Issuer | Ropi (Local Community Currency, Namur, Belgium) |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Reverse description | Pale grey note with abstract guilloche wave underprint and faint silhouette vignettes in blue-grey tones. Upper left carries the '1/2' denomination and Ropi 'R' logo in rust-red; centre bears a French-language quotation attributed to Henry Ford. A vertical metallic security strip with blue elements runs along the right margin; serial number and 'Édition 2015' appear at lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | 1/2 R DEMI ROPI « La jeunesse qui pourra résoudre la question monétaire fera plus pour le monde que toutes les armées de l'histoire. » - Henry Ford Édition 2015 Casemates Bâtiment classé, il est un des deux derniers vestiges hors-sol des formidables fortifications bastionnées (à la Vauban) construites par le Génie militaire Hollandais de 1816 à 1826 et arrasées de 1861 à 1865. Lieux acceptant le Ropi sur ropi.be/map |
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Ropi is a local complementary currency launched in 2015 by a citizen network in the Namur region of Belgium, part of the broader wave of community currencies that spread across francophone Belgium in the 2010s following the example of the Valeureux in Liège. Acceptance is restricted to participating merchants within a defined geographic zone — the currency is explicitly non-convertible back to euros once exchanged, a deliberate friction designed to keep spending local.
The QR code links to a verification system, an unusually tech-forward feature for a grassroots paper currency of this denomination.