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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Aldabra Island Fantasy Bank |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 200 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Full-colour photographic vignette of an Aldabra giant tortoise traversing a sandy beach, with a coastal landscape and clouded sky as underprint. The denomination numeral 200 appears in terracotta at upper left and lower right, with serial number prefix in black at lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | 200 DOLLARS TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS |
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Aldabra Island has no central bank, no currency, and no monetary authority — it is an uninhabited coral atoll in the Seychelles, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and managed as a nature reserve. No institution called the "Aldabra Island Fantasy Bank" exists or has ever existed. This is a privately produced fantasy note, manufactured and sold as a novelty or collectible item with no legal tender status anywhere.
The Elizabeth II attribution is purely decorative. Polymer substrate was likely chosen to mimic legitimate Pacific and Caribbean island issues, which commonly use polymer for low-mintage commemoratives.