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5 Dollars De LaRue Calibration Note
| Issuer | De La Rue (Thomas De La Rue & Co.) |
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| Printer | De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Does your frontline need more time for selling not just telling? This note has no monetary value. For demonstration purposes only. $5 DeLaRue |
| Reverse description | Light grey ground with sweeping wave lines in purple and green forming a dynamic underprint. A green disc at left carries the text 'Notes of value #37:'; the De La Rue silhouette logo appears at upper right. Central text panel presents cash-automation transaction time statistics in a promotional format, with a disclaimer legend at the base. |
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Thomas De La Rue produces calibration notes — sometimes called "test notes" — for internal use during press setup and quality control runs. These are not issued by any central bank or treasury, carry no legal tender status, and were never intended to enter circulation. The "$5" denomination is arbitrary, a placeholder that allowed pressmen to calibrate ink density, register, and paper feed without committing to a live contract design.
De La Rue has printed currency for well over a hundred sovereign issuers since the nineteenth century. Calibration material from their Gateshead and earlier Bunhill Row operations rarely survives outside the trade.