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10 Dollars - Millennium First Note
| Issuer | Chatham Islands Note Corporation |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio-style engraved border surrounds the note with ornate guilloche work and corner medallions bearing the year 2001. At upper centre, the issuer title 'CHATHAM ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND' appears in bold letterpress above a central vignette of a colour-printed albatross head set against a multicolour rosette guilloche underprint, with the denomination 'TEN DOLLARS / ONE THOUSAND CENTS' overprinted in large type. To the left, a circular iridescent holographic foil disc is affixed, while the right side carries an intaglio portrait vignette of a second seabird within a wreathed oval frame; two facsimile signatures of the Director of the Corporation and Secretary of the Treasury appear at lower centre above the series designation '3RD SERIES 2001B'. |
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| Obverse lettering | MILLENNIUM FIRST NOTE MILLENNIUM CHATHAM ISLANDS MILLENNIUM 2001 NEW ZEALAND 2001 NOTE NOTE THIS NOTE IS NEGOTIABLE TENDER ON THE CHATHAM ISLANDS FOR THE MILLENNIUM YEARS 2001 & 2002 LIMITED COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE TEN DOLLARS ONE THOUSAND CENTS 3RD SERIES 2001B Issued by the Chatham Islands Note Corporation FIRST TO SEE THE SUN |
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The Chatham Islands Note Corporation was a private issuing body, not a governmental central bank — these notes were produced as collectible legal tender for the Chatham Islands, a New Zealand territory whose official currency is the New Zealand dollar. The "Millennium First Note" designation was a marketing conceit aimed squarely at collectors, with the series deliberately numbered to drive demand.
Printing by Chan Wanich in Thailand is worth noting: the Bangkok-based firm handles a significant volume of low-run commemorative and collector-oriented issues for small Pacific territories, where print quantities are too modest to interest the major security printers.