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10 Dollars McMurdo Station
| Issuer | Antarctica |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Weight | 5.7 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized Antarctic landscape featuring mountain peaks rendered in sharp, angular lines with dynamic wind patterns emanating from the terrain. The inscription McMURDO appears at the base of the mountains in the lower field. The date inscription 1957·IGY·1987 spans the lower portion of the design, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year. |
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| Reverse description | Central device consists of a stylized ice crown composed of sharply pointed zigzag elements flanking a large, geometrically rendered snowflake in the center field, the snowflake formed from interlocking cubic crystal shapes in a cross arrangement with diamond-shaped ornaments along the base. The denomination inscription ANTARCTICA $10 appears in the lower central field beneath the crown device. A circular legend reading WHERE ALL DOMINIONS AND DIRECTIONS MEET THROUGH WIND AND ICE UMBRAGE surrounds the design, and the letter Z appears in the lower exergue. |
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McMurdo Station operates under the United States Antarctic Program and has no sovereign authority to issue currency — these tokens were produced as a novelty scrip for use within the station's recreational facilities, not as any form of legal tender. The "Antarctica" issuer designation is a cataloging convenience, not a governmental reality. X# prefixes in Krause indicate exactly this: exonumia, trade tokens, or fantasy issues outside mainstream national coinage.
The 1987 date places production during a period of significant McMurdo expansion, when the station population regularly exceeded 1,000 personnel during summer operations.