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| Issuer | Reed Banknote Company |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Reverse description | Full-colour photographic vignette of three clownfish among the pale tentacles of a sea anemone against a muted coral-hued background, with a starfish vignette visible in the lower left corner. The denomination numeral '2' and legend 'OCEAN DOLLARS' appear in the upper right. Below centre, the bold inscription 'ANEMONEFISH' is followed by a two-line descriptive text in green lettering. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 OCEAN DOLLARS ANEMONEFISH Bright orange with three distinctive white bars, they are among the most recognizable of all reef-dwellers. |
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The "Ocean Dollar" is a privately issued novelty note, not legal tender in any jurisdiction. Reed Banknote Company, a small Florida-based operation, produces these as collectibles rather than currency substitutes — they carry no issuing authority, no central bank backing, and no redemption value. Richard J. Reed designs and prints them in-house, which is unusual even for the novelty note market, where most producers outsource printing.
Collectibility here rests entirely on the series concept and print run limits, neither of which Reed publicly documents in any standardized way.