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1 Dollar - Serge Gainsbourg
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar 1 USD = RSD 103 |
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| Obverse description | Fantasy note based on the standard U.S. Federal Reserve Note layout, with the central portrait vignette replaced by a photographic image of French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, shown with a cigarette in his mouth, set within an oval frame with foliate surround. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco seal appears to the left of the portrait, while the green Treasury Department seal is positioned to the right, accompanied by the inscription WASHINGTON, D.C. and series year 2009. Denomination numeral 1 appears at all four corners with ornate guilloche scrollwork borders throughout, and two facsimile signatures appear at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN GOD WE TRUST ONE ANNUIT COEPTIS NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES MDCCLXXVI 1 ONE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE 1 1 ONE ONE DOLLAR ONE 1 |
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This is a fantasy or novelty piece, not a legitimate banknote issued by any sovereign or recognized monetary authority. The denomination "1 Dollar" paired with Serge Gainsbourg — the French singer-songwriter who died in 1991 — places it firmly outside any real issuing context. No government has authorized a Gainsbourg dollar.
Novelty notes of this type circulate as collectibles, occasionally as artist editions or limited promotional runs, but carry no catalog standing in mainstream Pick or IBNS listings. Collecting interest depends almost entirely on Gainsbourg's continued cult status in France.