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3 Dollars - Millennium First Note
| Issuer | Chatham Islands Note Corporation |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1999-date) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green and multicolour on white paper, the reverse carries a large central vignette of a vintage black-and-white photographic reproduction of the Chatham Island Jockey Club grandstand and crowd, overlaid on a vivid iridescent rainbow-effect underprint covering the entire field. A numeral 3 in deep blue appears above the central scene, and a circular cameo to the right contains a ghosted figurative image inscribed WOYTEK'S FOO. Corner medallions repeat the year 2001 alongside $3 counters, and a scalloped guilloche border frames the design throughout. |
| Reverse lettering | 2001 THE FIRST MILLENNIUM DOLLARS 2001 3 THREE WOYTEK'S GENERATIONS THE ANCESTORS OFFICIAL MILLENNIUM FIRST $3 CHATHAM ISLANDS NOTE CORPORATION $3 HORSE RACING CHATHAM ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB EST. 1873 CHAN WANICH SECURITY PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED, THAILAND |
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The Chatham Islands, a New Zealand territory roughly 800 kilometers east of the South Island, sits just west of the International Date Line — meaning it receives the new year before almost anywhere else on Earth. That geographical quirk was the entire commercial premise here: the Chatham Islands Note Corporation, a private venture rather than any governmental monetary authority, issued this note to capitalize on millennium tourism and collector demand. It has no legal tender status anywhere.
Chan Wanich, a Thai security printer with legitimate banknote contracts across Southeast Asia, produced the physical note. The holographic overprint was the main selling point to buyers treating this as a novelty item rather than currency.