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1 Shot - The United States of Mustang
| Issuer | The United States of Mustang |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Novelty voucher styled after the US one-dollar bill, with a central oval vignette of a mustang horse's head in profile, flanked by numeral "1" corners and laurel branch ornaments. Federal Reserve-style seal at left with letter "B", serial number, and "Washington, D.C." at right. Bottom border reads "ONE FREE SHOT" with facsimile signatures of "Johnnie 'Fingers'" and "Filipe 'Slow Hand'". |
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| Reverse description | Reverse closely parodies the US one-dollar bill design, with the all-seeing eye pyramid vignette at left and the Great Seal eagle vignette at right, both rendered in black intaglio-style print. The word "ONE" in large guilloche lettering dominates the centre, surmounted by "IN MUSTANG WE TRUST". Top and bottom borders carry "THE UNITED STATES OF MUSTANG" and "ONE FREE SHOT" respectively. |
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Mustang — the former Himalayan kingdom absorbed into Nepal in 1795 and stripped of its last autonomous king in 2008 — never issued actual currency. This note is a novelty or fantasy piece, almost certainly produced as a souvenir or promotional item, trading on the romantic cachet of a place that was closed to outsiders until 1992. The signatures "Johnnie 'Fingers'" and "Filipe 'Slow Hand'" are musician nicknames, not monetary officials.
No fantasy denomination, no legitimate issuing authority.