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5 Ocean Dollars Eagle Ray
| Issuer | Reed Banknote Company |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Protection type | Security strip, QR code |
| Protection description | Vertical serpentine security strip bearing the year 2017 embedded at right of centre on obverse; QR code printed at lower right of obverse linking to the Wikipedia article on the Atlantic Ocean. |
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The Ocean Dollar series was a private initiative by Richard J. Reed — a Florida-based designer and printer operating under his own Reed Banknote Company — producing collectible polymer notes with no issuing government, no monetary backing, and no pretense of either. The "5 Ocean Dollars" denomination is purely nominal, a vehicle for the design rather than a unit of exchange. Reed printed and issued these himself out of Sarasota, which makes the note both issuer and printer in one unusual loop.
The inclusion of a QR code alongside a security strip is an odd pairing for a novelty item, but Reed clearly intended these as serious specimens of the printer's craft rather than tourist trinkets.