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ETAT DU TENNESSEE
| Issuer | United States |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Cream field with green guilloche border incorporating the year 1796 at each corner. Central intaglio-style portrait vignette of John Sevier, First Governor of Tennessee, within an oval frame flanked by laurel sprigs. The Great Seal of the State of Tennessee appears at left, with a colour-printed state outline underprint at right bearing the year 1796. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1796 STATE OF TENNESSEE THIS TENNESSEE NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER T611796N NASHVILLE, TN John Sevier First Governor of Tennessee FIRST GOVERNOR SERIES 2003 Copyright © 2003 AAC |
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Tennessee has never issued its own banknotes under that name, and the United States federal government has never produced currency with French-language state titles. "Etat du Tennesse" appears on a well-known category of fantasy or souvenir notes sold as novelty items — typically marketed to tourists at historical sites or through gift shops, with no monetary value or legal-tender status at any point in their existence.
The French phrasing echoes Louisiana Purchase-era cartographic conventions, which gives these pieces a superficial period feel, but the 2003 production date removes any ambiguity.