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Antarctican dollar

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Symbol
  
A$

Website
  
bankofantarctica.com

Banknotes
  
1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 A$

User(s)
  
Antarctica (not officially used)

Monetary authority
  
Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office (not official)

Printer
  
British American Banknote Company to 2001, others afterwards

Antarctican dollars are collectors' items produced by the "Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office" in the appearance of a national money for the continent of Antarctica. The bills are not legal tender in Antarctica nor any other continent or nation. They are mostly sold for the equivalent of their face value in United States Dollars.

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The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office states it uses a portion of all proceeds from the sale of Antarctican dollars to fund organizations seeking to undertake research and humanitarian projects in the Antarctic region. The unofficial currency code "AQD" is based on "AQ", the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Antarctica.

2007 series

Two types of the 1 dollar; The general issue of March 1, 2007 and the commemorative issue of November 23, 2007 noting the sinking of the Antarctic vessel MV Explorer.

Two Dollars; July 30, 2007

Three Dollars; General issue of March 1, 2007 and the commemorative issue of December 14, 2007 noting the International Polar Year 2007-2008.

These issues have a 12/31/2012 expiration date.

2008 series

1, 2, 3, 5, and 20 dollar notes have been issued in polymer.

50 and 100 dollars were designed for the 2010 release.

The 1, 2, 3 and 5 dollar issues have a 12/31/2012 expiration date.

The 20 dollar issue has an expiration of 12/31/2013.

As of November 1, 2009, the 50 and 100 dollar issues have not been circulated. This means that any notes out there are issued notes of the 2001 edition or are non-original specimens with no value whatsoever.

2009 series

10 dollars first issued March 29, 2009 and expires in 2016.

The 2001 10 dollar issue has an expiration date of 12/31/2010.

References

Antarctican dollar Wikipedia