AVL-Ville Money, 2001

AVL designed its own money for AVL-Ville to promote the ideals of the Free State. If customers pay with AVL bills at the bar, the bar doesn’t need a liquor license. The value of the AVL money was not related to gold but rather to beer: 1 AVL is 1 beer, 5 AVL is 5 beers, 25 AVL is many beers and a meal and so on. AVL decided to adorn its currency with heroic symbols instead of the nondescript designs on the euro bills. 1 AVL is dedicated to weapons and bombs; 5 AVL to alcohol and energy; 25 AVL to sex and mobile homes; 100 AVL to the most important realms of food and farming. The money is functional while displaying AVL’s belief in heroism and ideals.

Design: Floor Houben