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2 Dollars Charles Wilkes, Bertha's Tower
| Issuer | Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd. |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Charles Wilkes at left, flanked by an Antarctic seascape with a sailing vessel amid ice floes and penguins in the central field. Denomination and issuer inscriptions frame the design, with a date of issue at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANTARCTICA Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office LTD. CHARLES WILKES 1798 - 1877 JUNE, 1, 2020 |
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The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd. is a novelty issuer — there is no central bank of Antarctica, no legal tender framework for the continent, and this note has no monetary function whatsoever. It is a souvenir product, sold directly to collectors, with no circulation story because no circulation was ever intended or possible.
Polymer substrate and the oversized proportions signal modern fantasy note production rather than any official or quasi-official issue.