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5 Euro
| Issuer | Frisian Currency Board |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Size | 150 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | FRIESLAND LIMITED COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE Frisian currency board September 12th 2009 THIS NOTE IS NEGOTIABLE TENDER FOR THE WHOLE OF FRIESLAND |
| Reverse description | Multicolor design on green underprint. A vignette of the House of the Frisian States appears at right, with a representation of the Declaration of Independence at left; the flags of the United States of America and Friesland are depicted at center, with the provincial coat of arms at bottom center. |
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The Frisian Currency Board is a private initiative promoting regional identity in Friesland, the northern Dutch province with its own recognized language. These notes have no legal tender status anywhere — they function as community exchange tokens, accepted only among willing participants in local schemes, and were never backed by any central banking authority.
Issued the same year the Netherlands was deep into eurozone membership, the gesture is explicitly political: a soft assertion of cultural distinctness rather than any serious monetary proposal.