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9 Polar Dollars Polar bear
| Issuer | Arctic Territories |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 9 Polar Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ARCTIC TERRITORIES Series 2012 9 NINE POLAR DOLLAR Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle. A1136 www.polardollar.com - 2012 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a photographic vignette of a lone skier hauling a sledge across Arctic sea ice under an open sky, occupying the lower half of the note. The upper portion carries a printed text block headed "North Pole Expedition" set against an underprint of Arctic cartographic imagery. A circular Polar Dollar emblem appears at lower left, with the denomination numeral "9" at lower right. |
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The "Arctic Territories" is not a recognized sovereign or administrative issuing authority — this is a privately produced novelty or fantasy note, not legal tender in any jurisdiction. The denomination of 9 Polar Dollars follows no monetary system that has ever existed.
Polymer substrate and the rounded 160 × 80 mm format place it squarely among the wave of collectible fantasy pieces produced in the early 2010s, many printed by the same handful of specialist security printers who also handled legitimate small-nation issues, lending them a superficially official appearance.