13 FARINETS local money

13 Farinets - Local currency created in the region of Valais in the middle of the Swiss Alps.

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This note of 13F is the key one. It shows the colors of the flag and the number of its value represent the 13 districts of the region: so it kind of explain by itself the limits of the operation range of the money.

On the animal side its a "hérens": the fighting cow ( yep you can check it on youtube, black cows that like to fight! ) This animal is very emblematic so I worked on the position of the montain to give the impression its the body of the cow continuing.
Above the cow its well: ski ! And the montain is the Mt. Galenstock at 3586m, its a mountain watching the Rhône being born

this local currency needs help since the persons who are taking care of it hope for people reinforcement.
The entire movement of this local currency is pretty much misunderstood by the people of the region who prefer pay by contactless cards and basically pay by any numeric devices.
Probably because we are living in a world where financial transactions are pretty well installed and it's difficult for any alternatives to find it's way through what's already efficient.
It's a bit of a shame because the purpose of a local currency is to make the people ask themself "what is like to have confidence into a note, what does it represent and where the money goes for what benefits at which price" At Ademus our role has been to release the design but not only, it matches with our sense of questioning existing purposes.
Obviously as the creators of those visuals, we are hopping it will continue to be spent in Valais

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