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5 Dollars Amelia Earhart
| Issuer | United States |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio-style portrait vignette of aviator Amelia Earhart in leather flying helmet and goggles, set against a multicolour underprint incorporating a compass rose, flight route map, stars, and a Lockheed Electra aircraft vignette to the right. Ornate engraved scrollwork borders frame the note at all four corners, with the denomination numeral '5' in each corner rosette. Two facsimile signatures appear below the central vignette, captioned 'Treasurer' at left and 'Secretary' at right, flanking the name 'AMELIA M. EARHART 1897–1937' and 'SERIES 2018'. |
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| Protection description | Floral pattern |
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This is a privately issued novelty or fantasy note, not legal tender. The United States Treasury has never issued a commemorative $5 bearing Amelia Earhart's likeness — no such bill exists within the Federal Reserve Note series. What's being cataloged here is almost certainly a souvenir item produced for the collector or gift market, a category that proliferated sharply after the Women on 20s campaign of the mid-2010s generated public appetite for alternative imagery on American currency.
The watermark security feature on a fantasy note is a marketing flourish, not a compliance measure.