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5 Dollars - Vulcan Alberta
| Issuer | Village of Vulcan, Alberta |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | PEACE AND LONG LIFE $5 VULCAN ALBERTA ELIGI |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts a raised human hand displaying the traditional Vulcan salute — fingers parted between the middle and ring fingers — as popularized by the Star Trek television and film series. To the right of the hand, the legend 'LIVE LONG & PROSPER' is inscribed in capital letters, referencing the iconic Vulcan benediction. Along the lower portion of the field, a horizontal legend states the conditions of use: 'VALID AT PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS UNTIL NOVEMBER 15, 2000'. The reverse field is plain and unadorned, with the antiqued brass finish providing contrast to the raised design elements. |
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Vulcan, Alberta leaned hard into its name-sharing coincidence with Star Trek's home planet, and this piece is a direct product of that municipal identity project. The village began issuing trade dollars in the late 1990s as tourism promotion tools — legal-tender-adjacent tokens accepted by local merchants — after opening a Trek-themed tourist information centre in 1995. The antiqued brass finish was a deliberate choice to distinguish the millennial issue from earlier years in the series.