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ETAT DU KENTUCKY
| Issuer | United States |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Reverse description | Colourful vignette across the centre field illustrating Kentucky's state symbols: a Cardinal bird at left within a circular frame, Goldenrod flowers, a Tulip Tree, and a Squirrel, each labelled in script lettering. A Kentucky statehood commemorative quarter coin vignette occupies the right circular frame, all set against a cream underprint with green guilloche border. |
| Reverse lettering | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1792 "THE BLUEGRASS STATE" Cardinal Goldenrod Tulip Tree Squirrel KENTUCKY 1792 2001 |
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The phrase "Etat du Kentucky" places this squarely within the long-running series of American Art Classics novelty notes produced in the early 2000s — not a government-issued instrument in any sense, but a souvenir item designed to evoke French colonial cartographic aesthetics. These were printed for the gift and tourism trade, most heavily around heritage sites in the Ohio Valley region.
No central bank, no legal tender status, no monetary function whatsoever. Catalog value is negligible; collector interest, if any, is purely thematic.