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20 Udis
| Issuer | Red COMAL (Comercialización Alternativa) |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 UDIS Veinte UDIS Director Ejecutivo Red COMAL SOLO SE PUEDE GASTAR CON MIEMBROS SPENDABLE WITH MEMBERS ONLY NUR BEI MITGLIEDERN EINLÖSBAR À UTILISER UNIQUEMENT AVEC DES MEMBRES APENAS PODE SER GASTO COM MEMBROS (Translation: 20 UDIS (Solidarity Exchange Unit) UDIS = Unidad de Intercambio Solidario) |
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| Protection description | Rooster-head watermark visible in the paper of the obverse underprint |
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COMAL — the Coordinadora de Comercialización Alternativa — is a Honduran fair-trade network of peasant cooperatives, and its "Red COMAL" currency is one of the more functional examples of a complementary local exchange system in Central America. The Udi (Unidad de Intercambio) was designed to circulate within member communities as a medium for barter-equivalent exchange, allowing rural producers to trade goods and labor without dependence on the lempira.
The inclusion of a watermark is notable for a community-issued instrument — an unusual investment in anti-counterfeiting for a scrip currency operating at village scale.