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107 Dollars Space Shuttle Columbia
| Issuer | American Art Classics, Ltd. |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Space Shuttle Columbia at launch; left seal incorporates the year 2003 and a shuttle motif; right seal displays an eagle and American flag. Names of all seven STS-107 crew members are inscribed below the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | 107 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 107 IN HONOR AND COMMEMORATION STS-107-2003 OF THE HEROES OF THE COLUMBIA NOT LEGAL TENDER Copyright © 2003 STS-107-2003 American Art Classics, Ltd. Richard D. Husband David M. Brown William C. McCool Kalpana Chawla Michael P. Anderson Laurel Clark Ilan Ramon ONE-O-SEVEN COLUMBIA ONE-O-SEVEN |
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Not legal tender by any measure — American Art Classics, Ltd. produced these as commemorative novelty items, self-issued and self-printed, with no monetary authority behind them whatsoever. The "107 Dollars" denomination is pure invention, chosen to reference STS-107, the mission designation of Columbia's final flight, which disintegrated during reentry on February 1, 2003. The notes were produced in the same year as the disaster, squarely in the market for memorial keepsakes that followed the loss of all seven crew members.
Collectors should be clear-eyed: this is ephemera, not banknote material in any strict sense.