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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Aldabra Island Fantasy Bank |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green polymer note with a photographic vignette of a lizard at centre-left against a tropical foliage underprint, and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in tiara within an ornate scrollwork medallion at right. A stylised "50" numeral appears at upper left and lower left, with a small silhouette cameo of the Queen at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALDABRA ISLAND FANTASY BANK 50 DOLLARS 2019 |
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Fantasy notes — privately produced novelty items with no monetary authority behind them — occupy a contested space in numismatics. Some collectors pursue them seriously; catalogue houses differ on whether to list them at all. This one, issued under the fiction of an "Aldabra Island Fantasy Bank," uses polymer substrate to lend a veneer of official credibility. Aldabra is a UNESCO World Heritage atoll administered by the Seychelles; no such bank exists or has ever existed there.
Collectible strictly as a modern novelty item.