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10 Dollars Antarctica, Scott's Hut
| Issuer | Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette comprises four reproductions of stained glass panels from Binton Church, Warwickshire, illustrating scenes from Scott's Antarctic expedition, flanked by a map of the South Pole region and a tower vignette. Extensive commemorative text accompanies each panel. |
| Reverse lettering | TEN DOLLARS Here Captain Scott with his brave companions, full of zeal to plant the British Flag, at the South Pole, receive their last farewells on their way South. Here the intrepid explorers coming upon the flag of Amundsen learn with great disappointment that the Norwegian Expedition had forestalled them. Here Captain Oats that brave and gallant gentleman - unwilling to be a burden to his companions, leaves them and the shelter of the tent, to die. Here the search party erect a cairn to mark the last resting place of their gallant countryman, Captain Scott, Dr. Wilson and Let. Bowers. SCOTT WINDOWS, BINTON CHURCH, WARWICKSHIRE 10 Return this document by mail to Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd., P. O. Box 61, Custer WA USA 98240 for a refund of ten United States dollars, anytime up to midnight December 31st, 2016. E-mail address: [email protected] |
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The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd. is a private novelty issuer, not a monetary authority of any kind — these notes have no legal tender status anywhere and were produced purely for the collector market. The "Scott's Hut" theme references the Discovery Expedition hut at Hut Point, Ross Island, built in 1902 and still standing.
Polymer substrate on a private fantasy note is an unusual choice, given the material cost, but it was likely selected to suggest legitimacy by mimicking the production standards of real circulating currency.