Berkshares: A Case Study

Good Option for These Days?
A few months ago I was talking with my father about how unsafe for us is now to talk about money. My father said, “I think we could start to use different ways to pay for things, or even sell them. It should not be risky and awkward to talk about money.”
“Maybe we could be like in Berkshire, Massachusetts, they have their own money and really looks like they are paying with monopoly bills; they use Berkshares, Berkshares are a local currency that makes local economy better,” I said to my father.
An alternative currency is any currency used as an alternative to the dominant national or multinational currency systems. It basically means that an alternative currency is any kind of money a person uses to pay that is

BerkShares, inc is the company that issues BerkShares for the Berkshire region, and works in collaboration with participating local banks, local businesses, and local non-profit organizations to strengthen the Berkshire regional economy through the local currency program. BerkShares local currency comes out of a long history of experimentation with local currency and models for increased economic self-reliance in the Berkshires (BerkShares

The participating banks are the Great Barrington Branch, the Lee Branch, the Stockbridge Branch, the Lenox National Bank, the South Egremont Branch, and the Sheffield Branch. I can go to any of those banks and exchange my U.S. currency for the BerkShares at the price mention before (95 cents per BerkShare).
One of the worries people have about local currencies and the use of BerkShares is that they feel they are doing something illegal but the official page states that it is not illegal. There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that bans private institutions or individuals from issuing paper money. The company states that the only thing according to the U.S. Constitution they cannot do, it to start doing coins and that is why they use just