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15 Dollars - Millennium First Note
| Issuer | Chatham Islands Note Corporation |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio-style engraving on white paper with multicolour guilloche underprint at centre. The left field carries an oval medallion with the year «2001» within decorative scrollwork and a circular holographic foil seal below, while the right field presents an intaglio vignette of a seabird's head in portrait format within an oval frame with laurel surround. A colour vignette of a standing albatross-type bird appears at centre-left against the guilloche rosette, with the denomination «FIFTEEN DOLLARS» printed in bold letterpress across the centre. Three manuscript signatures appear along the lower margin above the legend «FIRST TO SEE THE SUN». |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green and multicolour on white paper, the reverse centres on a large full-colour vignette of a Short Sunderland flying boat in flight over the sea, set against an iridescent pāua-shell underprint background. The denomination numeral «15» appears in large format above the aircraft, with the word «FIFTEEN» in bold letters below, and corner medallions bearing «2001» and «$15» at each angle within engraved scrollwork borders. To the right, a circular vignette labelled «WOYTEA'S ASTRONOMER» contains a ghosted figurative image, and palm-tree vignettes occupy the left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 2001 THE FIRST MILLENNIUM DOLLARS 2001 15 FIFTEEN WOYTEA'S GENERATIONS THE ANCESTORS OFFICIAL MILLENNIUM FIRST $15 CHATHAM ISLANDS NOTE CORPORATION $15 SHORT SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT CHAN WANICH SECURITY PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED, THAILAND |
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