Antarctican dollar

Antarctican dollar
Monetary authority	Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office (not official)
Website	bankofantarctica.com
User(s)	Antarctica (not officially used)
Symbol	A$
Banknotes	1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 A$
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.

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.

Banknote series

1996 series

1996 Series
Value	Dimensions	Obverse	Reverse	Printed Date	Issued Date	Expiry Date
A1	177.8 x 88.9 mm (7 x 3.5 in.)	Penguins on Petermann Island	Diving Adelie penguins on Paulet Island	March 1, 1996	March 2, 1996	December 31, 2001
A5		Crabeater seal on floe	Albatross, killer whales
A10		Robert Falcon Scott	Map of Antarctica
A20		Roald Amundsen, flag of Norway in the background	Amundsen reached South Pole on December 14, 1911
A50		McMurdo Station	Antarctic Treaty System
A100		Ozone hole detection	Ozone measured in Dobson unit, weather satellite

1999/2001 series

1999/2001 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Obverse	Reverse	Printed Date	Issued Date	Expiry Date	Note
[1]	[2]	A1	160 x 80 mm	Penguins on Petermann Island	Diving Adelie penguins on Paulet Island	April 22, 1999 (Earth Day)		December 31, 2008	Like 1996 series A1
[3]	[4]	A2		Penguins on rocks	Anniversary of tragic Air New Zealand crash with no survivors, flag of Antarctica as adopted by AOEO	November 28, 1999
[5]	[6]	A5		Roald Amundsen, flag of Norway in the background	Albatross	January 1, 2001	January 2, 2001	2010	Obverse like 1996 series A20
		A10		Robert Falcon Scott	Map of Antarctica				Like 1996 series A10
[7]	[8]	A20		Crabeater seal on floe	Great auk				Obverse like 1996 series A5
[9]	[10]	A50		McMurdo Station	Antarctic Treaty System				Like 1996 series A50
[11]	[12]	A100		Ozone hole detection	Ozone measured in Dobson unit, weather satellite				Like 1996 series A100
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world banknotes.

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 "M/S 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 200110 dollar issue has an expiration date of 12/31/2010.

External links

• Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office website
• Your Guide to Antarctica Collector Sets of Banknotes, Washington Square Coin Exchange
• Antarctica banknotes on catalog