an old ten dollar bill with black and white writing on the reverse, in front of a dark background
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Equitable Labour Exchange note worth 10 hours work. "Great Britain, AD 1833. This unusual note was issued as part of a scheme set up by Robert Owen (1771-1858), the socialist reformer and philanthropist. Today he is best known for his mills at New Lanark, which were a landmark in socially responsible industry, but he also tried to establish a system of cooperative exchange based on labour value (http://bit.ly/KdvhYt).

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