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1 Ocean Dollar Orca Whale
| Issuer | Reed Banknote Company |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a breaching orca whale in a photographic full-colour rendering against an open ocean background, oriented to the left, with multicoloured wave-band underprint across the upper field. To the right, a vertical security-style strip with an interlocking scale pattern divides the design, accompanied by a circular vignette of an orca, two facsimile signatures above the designations DIRECTOR and COMPTROLLER, and a QR code in the lower right corner. The denomination numeral "1" appears at upper right with the inscription OCEAN DOLLAR below it. |
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| Reverse description | Full-colour underwater photographic vignette covering the entire note, portraying multiple orca whales in three groupings — a pair at left, a pair at upper centre, and a large adult with calf at right — rendered against deep blue-toned water. A multicoloured wave-band underprint runs across the lower field, overlaid with the title inscription and an educational text panel. A starfish vignette appears at lower left, and the denomination appears at upper right. |
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The Reed Banknote Company occupies a niche corner of the notaphilic world — a private American security printing firm producing novelty and fantasy notes rather than government-issued currency. Richard J. Reed founded the operation in Sarasota, Florida, and designed these pieces himself, targeting collectors who want something printed to banknote standards without the pretense of legal tender status.
The "Ocean Dollar" series was conceived as a thematic collectible line, with the Orca issue among its more recognizable releases. No monetary authority backs it, no central bank sanctioned it — its value is entirely in the printing craft and the collector market Reed cultivated directly.