Jacksonville's Own Currency: The Timucua Dollar

[coredumped]

Has anyone heard of the Timucua Dollar? Several parts of the nation have their own currency (Massachusetts with the BerkShire is probably one of the more popular ones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BerkShares ).
But I was looking at a list of community currencies in the US and sas Jacksonville has the "Timucua Dollar."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_community_currencies_in_the_United_States

The website linking to the Timucua Dollar ( www.csri.yolasite.com ) on the wikipedia page appears to be down right now, but has anyone heard of seen these bills?

Another wikipedia article states:

The Native American Tribal Republic of Timucua is pleased to announce that as of 13 September 2009, its Currency Scrip Fund is operational. The Nation's webmaster has finished the Currency Scrip Reserve Institution website. The Currency Scrip Reserve Institution or CSRI is the governing body for the Currency Scrip System. The Currency Scrip System offers notes from $1 Timucua Dollar to $100 Timucua Dollars. The notes are available at parity with the U.S. dollar at this time. However upon currency exchange back to US dollars or another international currency, there is a 10% face value tax that the nation is charging in order to pay for the operating expenses of the Currency Scrip Fund Reserve Institution. The Currency Scrip Fund Reserve Institution is the regulating monetary body for the nation. The Currency Scrip Fund Reserve Institution states that they will exchange $1 US for $1 Timucua but that $1 Timucua will only return to the bearer of the note $0.90 US dollars as this is the 10% face value tax for operation expenses. The Timucua Dollars will be accepted by the Government and associated businesses at a 1 to 1 rate on trade with US currency. For example that which 1 US dollar buys will also be able to be bought by 1 Timucua Dollar. The symbol for the new currency is T$. Click on the following link to visit the CSRI's website.

http://mw.micronation.org/wiki/Native_American_Tribal_Republic_of_Timucua#Currency_System_Established

[Tacachale]

Looks like it's just a scam. I seem to recall finding this "Native American Tribal Republic of Timucua" on the Internet before, and it's definitely a fraud.

[spuwho]

Didnt the last self-declared Timucua die in 1803?

[coredumped]

Site is back up.
I'm not sure if it's a scam or not, it uses the same model as the Berkshire, except its 90% instead of 95% on the conversion back to USD.

I wonder who accepts them...?

[Tacachale]

Didnt the last self-declared Timucua die in 1803?

The last known full blooded Timucua, Juan Alonso Cavale, died in 1767 in Cuba. There were also a few Timucua living deep in the Okefenokee Swamp who held out for longer than that. And there were a number others of Timucua ancestry (including Cavale's sons, whose mother was Yamassee) but they melded into other European or Indian groups by 1800.

[Starbuck]

Seems to be more of a good natured playful farce than an outright scam.
R. W. De'Eire (Marine Surveyor)
Executive Tribal Chieftain
4800 Cassat Avenue

[spuwho]

Didnt the last self-declared Timucua die in 1803?

The last known full blooded Timucua, Juan Alonso Cavale, died in 1767 in Cuba. There were also a few Timucua living deep in the Okefenokee Swamp who held out for longer than that. And there were a number others of Timucua ancestry (including Cavale's sons, whose mother was Yamassee) but they melded into other European or Indian groups by 1800.

Hey Tach,

Any good places where I can read on that final generation of Timucua?

[Tacachale]

Didnt the last self-declared Timucua die in 1803?

The last known full blooded Timucua, Juan Alonso Cavale, died in 1767 in Cuba. There were also a few Timucua living deep in the Okefenokee Swamp who held out for longer than that. And there were a number others of Timucua ancestry (including Cavale's sons, whose mother was Yamassee) but they melded into other European or Indian groups by 1800.

Hey Tach,

Any good places where I can read on that final generation of Timucua?

Sure. I'll start a new thread.