Cabinet of Curiosities: Hawkwind 'funny money'

Barter tokens or 'Local Money' can be found in many towns across the world. Most operate on a system of alternative dollars or pounds, or represent a hour of work. Few, one imagines, would operate on a system of shillings ('bobs' in old-fashioned English) and even fewer would see fit to issue a trading note for the strange denomination of nine bob.

Someone, presumably a Hawkwind fan, did just that, many years ago.

The note was produced in a B.P. age - Before Photoshop - and it's difficult to imagine the note having ever gained any level of fiscal trust among traders anywhere. No matter how stoned they might be!



Until the 1960s, Britain had ten shilling notes in circulation, and a common derogatory phrase was "queer as a nine-bob note." Presumably the creators of this obscure Hawkwind currency were inspired by that phrase.


How many of these notes would have been required to gain entry to a Hawkwind gig?