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25 Kasutu - Tobacco note
| Issuer | Port Avastus Bank / Poneet Tobacco Company |
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| Value | 25 Kasutu |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 TOBACCONOTE 25 kasutu COMMODITY CURRENCY PONEET TOBACCO CO. WILL PAY THE BEARER IN KASUTU OR TOBACCO THE PONEET ISLANDS GOVERNMENT VALUES THIS CURRENCY AND SO IT SHALL BE PINAAR PONEET ISLANDS NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 25 SZULA SIENA Plunder Leaf THE WATER MAIDENS MUJAND |
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| Protection description | Holographic leaf strip running vertically on the obverse |
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| Comments |
This is a commodity-backed novelty or promotional issue rather than a legal tender banknote — "tobacco notes" of this type were privately circulated instruments, sometimes redeemable against stock held by the issuing company. The dual branding between Port Avastus Bank and Poneet Tobacco Company suggests a cooperative arrangement, though neither entity appears in standard central banking records, which places this firmly outside mainstream monetary issuance.
Polymer substrate on a private or semi-private issue of this scale is unusual and points to a relatively recent production date — polymer security printing has not been economically viable for small-run novelty issues until the last two decades.