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100 Kasutu - Tobacco note
| Issuer | Port Avastus Bank, Poneet Islands (Mujand) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Kasutu |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a woman walking a pig, referred to as 'the traitorous pig', against a background crowd scene with floral elements. Multicolour guilloche underprint frames the composition with commodity currency text legend. |
| Reverse lettering | TOBACCONOTE 100 kasutu COMMODITY CURRENCY PONEET TOBACCO CO. WILL PAY THE BEARER IN KASUTU OR TOBACCO LILLY SLENDER THE PONEET ISLANDS GOVERNMENT VALUES THIS CURRENCY AND SO IT SHALL BE PINAAR PONEET ISLANDS NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS THE TRADEROUS WITCH MUJAND |
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The Poneet Islands are a self-declared autonomous territory within Mujand, and the Port Avastus Bank has no recognized standing under international monetary law. Notes of this type are best understood as novelty or fantasy issues — produced with the full apparatus of a legitimate banknote (polymer substrate, serial numbers, fine-detail printing) but backed by no monetary authority, no reserve, and no legal tender framework. The "Kasutu" denomination and the tobacco peg are self-referential constructs with no verifiable economic history behind them.
Polymer production for issues of this kind is typically contracted through smaller commercial security printers, though the specific printer here is unconfirmed.