Antarctican dollar

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Antarctican dollars are collector's items produced by the Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office in the appearance of a national money for the continent of Antarctica. Although the bills are not legal tender in Antarctica or in any other continent or nation, the issuing company will "honor them for their face value throughout their validity period."^[1] Illustrations of the currency can be viewed at the Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office website.

The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office claims to use a portion of all proceeds from the sale of Antarctican dollars to fund organizations seeking to undertake research and humanitarian projects in the Antarctic region.^[2]

The presumed currency code is based on AQ, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Antarctica.

Contents 1 Banknote series 1.1 1996 series 1.2 1999/2001 series 2 External links 3 References

[edit] Banknote series

[edit] 1996 series

1996 Series
Value	Dimensions	Obverse	Reverse	Printed Date	Issued Date	Expiry Date
A1	177.8 x 88.9 mm (7 x 3.5 in.)	Penguins on Peterman Island	Diving Adelie Penguins on Paulet Island	March 1, 1996	March 2, 1996	December 31, 2001
A5		Crabeater Seal on floe	Albatross, Killer Whales
A10		Robert Falcon Scott	Map of Antarctica
A20		Roald Amundsen, flag of Norway in the background	Amundsen reached South Pole on December 14, 1911
A50		McMurdo Station	Antarctic Treaty System
A100		Ozone hole detection	Ozone measured in Dobson unit, weather satellite

[edit] 1999/2001 series

1999/2001 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Obverse	Reverse	Printed Date	Issued Date	Expiry Date	Note
[1]	[2]	A1	160 x 80 mm	Penguins on Peterman Island	Diving Adelie Penguins on Paulet Island	April 22, 1999 (Earth Day)		December 31st, 2008	Like 1996 series A1
[3]	[4]	A2		Penguins on rocks	Anniversary of tragic Air New Zealand crash with no survivors, flag of Antarctica as adopted by AOEO	November 28, 1999
[5]	[6]	A5		Roald Amundsen, flag of Norway in the background	Albatross	January 1, 2001	January 2, 2001	2010	Obverse like 1996 series A20
		A10		Robert Falcon Scott	Map of Antarctica				Like 1996 series A10
[7]	[8]	A20		Crabeater Seal on floe	Great Auk				Obverse like 1996 series A5
[9]	[10]	A50		McMurdo Station	Antarctic Treaty System				Like 1996 series A50
[11]	[12]	A100		Ozone hole detection	Ozone measured in Dobson unit, weather satellite				Like 1996 series A100
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world banknotes.

[edit] External links

• Your Guide to Antarctica Collector Sets of Banknotes, Washington Square Coin Exchange

[edit] References

Dollars
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Current, formerly a.k.a. dollar	Malaysian dollar
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Defunct, a.k.a. dollar	Chinese yuan
Conceptual	Eurodollar | International dollar | Petrodollar
Fictional	Dollarpound
Private	Antarctican dollar | Calgary dollar | Disney dollar | Liberty dollar | Toronto dollar
See also	Dollar sign | Holey dollar | Slovenian tolar | Thaler
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