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10 Polar Dollars Polar bear

Issuer Arctic Territories
Year 2010
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Currency Polar Dollar
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Obverse lettering ARCTIC TERRITORIES
10 TEN POLAR DOLLARS
Série 2010
The Polar Bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic circle.
POLAR DOLLAR
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Reverse lettering ARCTIC TERRITORIES
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (1861-1930)
Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner.
He led the first crossing of Greenland by ski, and achieved great success with his Arctic expedition aboard the polarship Fram.
Nansen's first expedition to the North Pole.
10 TEN POLAR DOLLARS
POLAR DOLLAR
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The "Arctic Territories" is not a recognized sovereign or administrative entity, and "Polar Dollars" is not an official currency — this is a novelty or fantasy note with no genuine issuing authority behind it. Produced on polymer, likely by one of the smaller specialty printers catering to the commemorative and souvenir market that expanded significantly after the mid-2000s when polymer became accessible outside De La Rue and Note Printing Australia's near-duopoly.

Collector value, such as it is, depends almost entirely on print run documentation, which these issues rarely provide.

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