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200 Zilchy - Washington Irving
| Issuer | Bank of Zilchy |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Zilchy |
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| Obverse description | Right-centre vignette of Washington Irving (1783–1859) in intaglio-style portrait against a pale blue guilloche underprint with a ghost vignette of a period building at left. A cursive literary passage serves as a microprint underprint across the centre field. Left corner bears a circular seal inscribed "Early American Writers Series / Mujand Trading Company / Zilchy Banknotes" with a female bust. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a quill pen resting in an inkwell, set against a torn parchment scroll bearing a cursive literary underprint passage. Right field carries a guilloche-framed circular seal lettered "Mujand Republic Bank of Zilchy Monetary Reserve" with a large ornamental "A" at centre, flanked by a matrix of repeated denomination numerals. Lower right features a "Portio 200 Zilchy" tab panel. |
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The Bank of Zilchy is a fictional institution, and this note is a novelty or fantasy item with no monetary function, no issuing authority, and no legal standing anywhere. Washington Irving's appearance here is presumably a nod to his connection to the Hudson Valley — he lived at Sunnyside in Tarrytown, New York, and is buried at nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the setting he made famous.
Not a banknote. Catalog accordingly.