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5 Dollars - Millennium First Note
| Issuer | Chatham Islands Note Corporation |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio-style engraving on white paper with guilloche underprint in green and yellow. Central vignette shows a seabird (albatross) head at left and a Chatham Islands taiko (bird) portrait in an oval frame at right, with a holographic foil disc at lower left. Denomination "FIVE DOLLARS" appears in bold letterpress at centre, flanked by year numerals "2001" in corner medallions. |
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| Reverse description | Green intaglio guilloche border frames a central vignette of a historical photographic group portrait titled "THE ANCESTORS", rendered in monochrome against an iridescent multicolour holographic underprint. A circular inset at right carries the "WOYTEK'S GENERATIONS" motif with a carved artefact image. The issuer name "CHATHAM ISLANDS NOTE CORPORATION" appears in bold across the lower register. |
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The Chatham Islands Note Corporation is a private entity, not a government central bank — these notes were issued for the collector market rather than general circulation, exploiting the Chatham Islands' status as a New Zealand territory with its own distinct identity. The "Millennium First Note" designation refers to the Chathams lying east of the International Date Line, making them among the first inhabited places to enter each new day. That geographical quirk drove the marketing conceit behind this entire issue.
Printed by Chan Wanich in Bangkok, a firm better known for lottery tickets and fiscal stamps than sovereign currency. The hologram strip was included specifically to signal legitimacy to collectors unfamiliar with the issuer.