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50 Antarctican Dollars McMurdo Station
| Issuer | Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Size | 183 x 93 mm |
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| Obverse description | Full-bleed colour photographic vignette of McMurdo Station panorama by Galen Rowell, with snow-covered terrain in the foreground and mountains beyond a frozen bay. The denomination numeral "50" and "DOLLARS" appear at lower right in large teal intaglio-style lettering, with issuer name at lower left. Two manuscript signatures above the titles COMPTROLLER and ASST. COMPTROLLER are dated MARCH 1, 1996 at centre left. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette shows the unofficial flag of Antarctica flying over a twilight polar landscape with dog-sled silhouettes and a tent, beneath an aurora australis sky in deep teal. A row of twelve national flags of Antarctic Treaty signatory nations runs along the bottom margin. Upper-left and lower-left corners carry a holographic foil label and a fireworks vignette respectively; upper-right and lower-right corners display the Southern Cross constellation and a latent-image numeral "50". |
| Reverse lettering | FIFTY ANTARCTICAN DOLLARS V0000 AGREEMENT SIGNED DECEMBER 1, 1959 TREATY ENTERED FORCE JUNE 23, 1961 "Our governments, recognizing that it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes have agreed as follows..." Treaty Day On presentation and surrender of this document, THE ANTARCTICA OVERSEAS EXCHANGE OFFICE LTD. will refund the bearer fifty United States Dollars during the period ending midnight, December 31st 2001. Refund requests must be sent to THE ANTARCTICA OVERSEAS EXCHANGE OFFICE LTD., Box 61, Custer WA 98240-0061, or to other offices of the company which may be established. |
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