As businesses struggle to stay afloat during the pandemic and a record number of Americans have lost their jobs, one small city in Washington state put forth a creative solution to help its ...

Loren Ackerman prints wooden money on an 1890s-era press in Tenino, Wash. In an effort to help residents and local merchants alike get through the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the ...

In this May 21, 2020, Loren Ackerman holds a piece of wooden money he printed on an 1890s-era press in Tenino, Wash. In an effort to help residents and local merchants alike get through the ...

The town — with a population of just 1,800 people — put aside $10,000 for the project, printing the wooden money in $25 pieces. People who have been affected by the pandemic can receive up to ...

In June, word began to circulate about the small Thurston County town of Tenino, Washington printing its own wooden money to help out businesses struggling amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Over ...

“The wooden money's back in the bank almost 100 years later,” laughs Hallett. Original Tenino currency has sold for up to $4000 but the wooden dollar isn't ancient history. “It is still used ...

“We basically treat the wood money just like cash,” Chris Hamilton, the store manager at Tenino Market Fresh, told CNN. People have used the wooden bills to purchase groceries and home repair ...