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1 000 000 Pounds - Charles III Investiture
| Issuer | Commissioner of Currency, British Indian Ocean Territory |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Reverse description | Sunset tropical beach scene with silhouetted palm trees occupying the central vignette; Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight at right; territorial flag and coat of arms at left margin; denomination £1 000 000 and ONE MILLION POUNDS in bold lettering along top and bottom borders. |
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| Protection type | Hologram |
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The British Indian Ocean Territory has no indigenous population — its last permanent residents, the Chagossians, were forcibly removed by the British government between 1968 and 1973 to make way for the joint Anglo-American military base at Diego Garcia. The Commissioner of Currency is consequently a titular function with no civilian economy to serve, which is precisely why the denomination of one million pounds is operationally meaningless. These notes are issued as collectibles, full stop.
Reed Banknote Company in Sarasota is a relatively small American printer that has found a niche producing legal-tender novelty issues for dependent territories and micro-states. The polymer substrate and hologram give the note technical credibility without the circulation infrastructure that would never exist here anyway.