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| Issuer | The Reed Banknote Company |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse lettering | THE REED BANKNOTE COMPANY FINE FANTASY ART BANKNOTES LIMITED EDITION ARTISTIC CONCEPT 500 500 BANKNOTE DESIGN ©2019 R.J. REED FIVE HUNDRED SIMOLEONS REED BANKNOTE CO., SARASOTA |
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| Protection description | Crossed texts watermark |
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| Comments |
The Reed Banknote Company operates as a private novelty press out of Sarasota, Florida, producing fantasy notes with the physical conventions of real currency — correct paper stock, watermarks, intaglio-adjacent aesthetics — without any legal tender pretense. The "Simoleon" denomination is a long-standing American slang term for a dollar, its etymology disputed but traceable in print to at least the 1890s.
The inclusion of a genuine watermark on a novelty issue is unusual enough to note; most fantasy printers skip the step entirely.