Stephen Burke, the current director of Ithaca Hours, accepts the currency at his music store.

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"You wouldn't get very far before somebody would figure it out, " says Stephen Burke, president of the Ithaca Hours board.

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Bay Bucks are a local currency--one of a handful circulating in the U.S., including Burlington Bread, Ithaca Hours and, soon, BerkShares in Massachusetts.

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