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10 Dollars De LaRue Calibration Note
| Issuer | De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue & Co.), London, United Kingdom |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Do your customers expect long lines or faster transactions every time? This note has no monetary value. For demonstration purposes only. $10 DeLaRue |
| Reverse description | White ground with matching curvilinear purple and green wave underprint. Upper left carries large numeral "$10" and text "ten dollars"; upper right bears the De La Rue cameo logo. A purple circular panel at centre-left reads "Notes of value #12:". Central text panel presents cash-automation statistics and a marketing call to action. Lower margin reads "This note has no monetary value. For demonstration purposes only." |
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De La Rue calibration notes are internal production tools, not currency — printed to verify ink density, registration alignment, and colour consistency on press runs before live banknote stock is committed to print. They are not issued by any central bank, carry no legal tender status anywhere, and were never intended to leave the factory floor. That so many survive is largely a function of employees pocketing curiosities rather than any sanctioned release.
The dollar denomination and format exist purely because De La Rue needed a plausible note geometry and familiar denomination to simulate real production conditions.