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10 Dollars Antarctica, Scott's Hut; Centenary
| Issuer | Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 2021 |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Captain Robert Falcon Scott in naval uniform at left, with a vignette of Scott's Hut partially snow-covered in the centre. A decorative strip with multicolour confetti pattern runs along the right edge, with the numeral 10 printed vertically on a blue tab. |
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| Reverse lettering | South Pole Centenary 1911-2011 TEN DOLLARS Here Captain Scott with his brave companions, full of zeal to plant the British Flag, at the South Pole, receive their last farewells on their way South. Here the intrepid explorers coming upon the flag of Amundsen learn with great disappointment that the Norwegian Expedition had forestalled them. Here Captain Oats that brave and gallant gentleman - unwilling to be a burden to his companions, leaves them and the shelter of the tent, to die. Here the search party erect a cairn to mark the last resting place of their gallant countryman, Captain Scott, Dr. Wilson and Let. Bowers. SCOTT WINDOWS, BINTON CHURCH, WARKWICKSHIRE 10 Return this document by mail to Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd., P. O. Box 61, Custer WA USA 98240 for a refund of ten United States dollars, anytime up to midnight December 31st, 2021. E-mail address: [email protected] |
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The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd. is a private issuing entity with no governmental mandate — these notes are novelty souvenirs produced for the collector market, not legal tender in any jurisdiction. The "Scott's Hut Centenary" theme marks 100 years since Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1911–12 Terra Nova expedition, which reached the South Pole in January 1912 only to find Roald Amundsen had beaten them by five weeks. Scott and his four companions died on the return journey.
Printed on polymer, which genuine Antarctic currency — had it ever existed — would never have required.