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10 Swiss Franc Banknote with 6.5.2016 unconditional basic income sticker in UNC

$ 26.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland
  • Type: Banknotes
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Year: 2016
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Condition: UNC

    Description

    10 Swiss Franc Banknote with 6.5.2016 unconditional basic income sticker in UNC  *** VERY RARE ***
    Swiss Popular initiative for an unconditional basic income UBI
    (also called universal basic income)
    In 2016 the Swiss 10-franc banknotes stood in the center of a Swiss initiative campaign. Launched by a group of private citizens, the popular initiative asked the Swiss government to give people a basic unconditional income. While the text of the initiative did not specify an amount, supporters suggested it should be 2,500 francs for every adult per month (approx. $ 30,000 per year). As a promotion for the vote thousands of genuine 10-franc banknotes were labeled with a sticker and handed out like leaflets to passers-by at several Swiss train stations. The promotion was well documented and the story was happily picked up by the international media. Mainly due to fears that the cost for the unconditional income would be unaffordable, the Swiss population voted on June 5, 2016 clearly against the initiative. Since most people fortunate enough to get one of these ?Leaflets? simply removed the sticker and spent it like ordinary money, the banknotes with the genuine sticker became a very hard to find collectible.