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⅒ Nfaseb Northern Forest Archipelago
| Issuer | Northern Forest Archipelago |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Composition | Wood |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the natural wood grain of the round planchet as the field. All legends and devices are printed in green ink. The upper peripheral legend reads 'BACKWOODS' along the rim, with the date '2003' below it near the centre. A symmetrical laurel wreath occupies the central field, enclosing the ordinal '5th' denoting the fifth anniversary. The lower peripheral legend reads 'ANNIVERSARY' along the rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | BACKWOODS 2003 5th ANNIVERSARY |
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The Northern Forest Archipelago is not a recognized sovereign or administrative territory in any numismatic reference this cataloger has been able to verify. This piece — struck in wood, which places it outside conventional minting practice entirely — is almost certainly a private fantasy or novelty issue rather than an authoritative emission. Wood tokens have occasionally been produced as emergency scrip, most notably in early 20th-century German and Austrian communities during timber-economy shortages, but no such monetary history attaches here.