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2 Dollars Antarctica, Ross Dependency
| Issuer | Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ANTARCTICA ROSS DEPENDENCY TWO DOLLARS ANTARCTICA OVERSEAS EXCHANGE OFFICE LTD D. JOHN HAMILTON COMPTROLLER 2 10 SEPT 2014 |
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| Reverse lettering | TWO DOLLARS July 30, 1923 the Antarctican landmass and ice shelf lying between 150° W longitude and 160° E longitude is formally claimed by New Zealand as the Ross Dependency. New Zealand Tokelau ANTARCTICA 2 Return this document by mail to Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd., P.O. Box 61 Custer WA USA 98240 for a refund of two United States dollars, anytime up to midnight December 31st, 2017. E-mail address: [email protected] |
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The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd. is a private novelty issuer with no governmental mandate and no monetary authority over any territory. Notes in this series are legal curiosities at best — produced for the souvenir and collector market, they circulate only among buyers who understand exactly what they are purchasing. The "Ross Dependency" designation is New Zealand's territorial claim on the continent, administered from Wellington; no bank or government there has sanctioned this issue.
Printed by a small-run polymer facility in Washington State, the note uses the same substrate technology developed by the Reserve Bank of Australia — an irony given the complete absence of any official backing here.