Oolite Bulletins

Fancy buying your next doughnut with Luke Skywalker, or spending a Darth Vader or two on a drink?
Well on the island of Niue near New Zealand you can do just that!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/12 ... ars_coins/

http://news.travel.aol.com/2011/08/11/s ... and-coins/

A very expensive donut indeed.

I heard about this a couple of weeks ago - I think it's a clever idea - the island has almost no GDP or exports, so it's decided to export its own currency - good for them, swapping an almost worthless currency for £s/US$s/AU$s from lots of Star Wars fans who will buy it (wonder what the licensing from Lucas cost?)