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10 Baltic Islands Dollars
| Issuer | Baltic Islands |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette contains a portrait of a gentleman in 18th-century attire set against a red background, enclosed in a gold guilloche border. The multicolour underprint in blue, purple, and gold carries a diamond lattice pattern with floral rosettes, flanked by stylised flame motifs at each corner. Denomination numerals appear in all four corners; two facsimile signatures are present below the date 2007, captioned DIREKTOR and GOVERNOR respectively. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 10 2007 10 BALTIC ISLANDS DOLLARS 10 |
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The Baltic Islands Dollar is a local currency used on the Åland Islands, issued not by a central bank but by a regional civic initiative. The 2007 polymer series was among the earlier adoptions of Guardian substrate outside mainstream central banking — most local and complementary currency schemes of that period still used paper stock.
Åland's unusual constitutional autonomy from Finland, including its own postal system and distinct regional governance, gave the scheme a degree of institutional credibility rare for sub-national currencies.