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2500 Nuevos Sucres
| Issuer | Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd |
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| Year | 2009-2010 |
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| Value | 2500 Sucres |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-style portrait of Charles Darwin occupies the right field against a pink guilloche underprint with horizontal line patterns. At centre, a gold medallion vignette with a starburst border is set within the underprint. A holographic foil panel appears at left with the numeral 2500. |
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| Reverse description | A Galápagos penguin rendered in intaglio style dominates the centre-right against a gradient background transitioning from orange to pink. A native cactus tree appears to the left of the bird. The coat of arms of the Galápagos Islands is positioned at upper centre, with the denomination numeral 2500 at upper right and lower right. |
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The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd. is not a recognized monetary authority and has no connection to any Antarctic territorial administration. Notes issued under this name fall into the category of "fantasy" or "souvenir" currency — produced to be sold as novelties rather than to circulate as legal tender in any jurisdiction. The 2500 denomination in Nuevos Sucres is itself a fiction; Ecuador abandoned the real Sucre in 2000 when it dollarized its economy, so this note references a currency unit that no longer existed at the time of printing.
Polymer construction and hologram inclusion push production costs well above those of simple souvenir paper notes, suggesting the producer was targeting collectors willing to pay a premium for the tactile impression of a "real" banknote.