I remeber seeing a $5 note somewhere as well, but I can't remember where.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
I'm going to kick in here with my $.02 (U.S. tender, not Antartician) ...
It's a FAKE!
That's my thoughts, that is.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Photoshop at work.
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
Antarctica even has a flag. I saw it once on a "nations of the world" flag chart. It's a bowl with two hands holding it up, with a browinsh-orange background.
I'll get a link soon....
[ November 15, 2001: Message edited by: Veers ]
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
OK, the site that had it is down, and all I can find are unofficial blue flags with a white Antarctica in them.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
It seems to be some kind of commemorative thing. These notes are exchangable for U.S. dollars up until the validity date expressed on each note lapses. Afterwards they'll probably become collectors items and you could probably sell them for much more than their face value. hehe
Apparently, the goal here is to raise funds for Antarctican research. Some of the things scientists are looking in to in Antarctica are global warming, ozone depletion and other enviromental changes Omega's right-wing, oil guzzling role models deny all exsistance of.
[ November 15, 2001: Message edited by: MIB ]
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
If they're intended to be collectable, then their value won't increase.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
"Bearing the official seal of the government of Liberia, these collectible coins..."
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
lol. yeah. Where is Liberia anyway?
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
They make lots of fake money.. didnt they do a star trek coin or stamp few years back.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Liberia is on the West Coast of Africa, just as you near the bottom of the big western bulge. It was founded by free blacks from the United States prior to the American Civil War.
Two of their major sources of income are their special commemorative editions of coins and stamps, and the fact that they have one of the world's few duty-free ports, so that many shipping companies use Liberian registry to increase their profits.
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
And their capital is Monrovia, named for US president James Monroe.
