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1 Dollar - The Byers' Island
| Issuer | United States Pacific territories |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Left vignette of Benjamin Morrell (1795–1839), American navigator and explorer, holding a globe and compass, with a sailing vessel in the background. A coat of arms bearing a naval anchor and the Latin motto IN STATIONE VIATOREM appears alongside a floral guilloche underprint at upper right. A holographic security strip is embedded vertically, with the facsimile signature of Thomas Jefferson. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Byers Island is a small uninhabited atoll claimed by the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, which authorized American citizens to claim unclaimed islands for their phosphate-rich guano deposits. Most such territories never generated official currency of any kind. This note belongs to a loose category of locally-produced fantasy issues tied to minor U.S. insular claims — none of which have a functioning government, treasury, or legal tender framework that would authorize currency issuance.
The security features are real enough, but their presence on a fantasy note is purely decorative credentialism.