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50 State Dollars - Sheldon Jackson Alaska
| Issuer | Applied Currency Concepts |
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| Year | 1959 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on polymer in warm orange and gold tones with a multicolour guilloche underprint incorporating stars and radiating patterns. At centre-left stands a vignette of a Native Alaskan totem pole rendered in brown intaglio-style engraving, alongside the Alaska state coat of arms shield; at centre a teal orca-and-whale motif bears the inscription '49th STATE'. The portrait at right depicts Sheldon Jackson, a bearded man in formal attire with spectacles, identified by his name below; denomination numeral '50' appears in blue at lower left and upper right corners, with 'Alaska' in large blue letters at upper left, the year '1959' at top, facsimile signatures for TREASURER and COMPTROLLER at lower centre, and a serial number at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on polymer in crimson and pink guilloche wave patterns with red rosette corner ornaments bearing the numeral '50'. The central vignette presents a large engraved scene of a breaching humpback whale rising from stylised ocean waters rendered in teal and blue tones, labelled 'Humpback Whale' below. To the right sits a prominent blue QR code within a yellow border alongside a blue star, with a barcode in the upper right corner; the Alaska state motto 'North to the Future' arcs above the whale vignette, 'FIFTY' appears in large teal letters at lower left, and 'Applied Currency Concepts' is inscribed at lower right. |
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| Protection description | A blue QR code within a yellow border on the reverse right side; a standard barcode printed at upper right and lower right corners of the reverse. |
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