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10 Polar Dollars Polar bear
| Issuer | Arctic Territories |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green polymer note with an Arctic map underprint across the entire face. A full-colour photographic vignette of a polar bear occupies the left and centre. A circular holographic-style foil seal at lower left reads 'Polar Dollar', and the large numeral '10' appears at lower right alongside the denomination in letterpress. |
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| Reverse lettering | ARCTIC TERRITORIES Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (1861-1930) Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner. He led the first crossing of Greenland by ski, and achieved great success with his Arctic expedition aboard the polarship Fram. Nansen's first expedition to the North Pole. 10 TEN POLAR DOLLARS POLAR DOLLAR |
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The "Arctic Territories" is not a recognized sovereign or administrative entity, and "Polar Dollars" is not an official currency — this is a novelty or fantasy note with no genuine issuing authority behind it. Produced on polymer, likely by one of the smaller specialty printers catering to the commemorative and souvenir market that expanded significantly after the mid-2000s when polymer became accessible outside De La Rue and Note Printing Australia's near-duopoly.
Collector value, such as it is, depends almost entirely on print run documentation, which these issues rarely provide.