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'''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 ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
! colspan=7 | [[1996]] Series
|-
! Value
! Dimensions
! Obverse
! Reverse
! Printed Date
! Issued Date
! Expiry Date
|-
| A1 ||rowspan=6| 177.8 x 88.9mm (7 x 3.5 in.) || Penguins on Petermann Island || Diving Adelie penguins on Paulet Island ||rowspan=6| March 1, 1996 ||rowspan=6| March 2, 1996 ||rowspan=6| December 31, 2001
|-
| A5 || Crabeater seal on floe || Albatross, Orca|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 depletion|Ozone hole detection || Ozone measured in Dobson unit, weather satellite
|}

===1999/2001 series===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
! colspan=10 | 1999/2001 Series
|-
! colspan=2 | Image
! Value
! Dimensions
! Obverse
! Reverse
! Printed Date
! Issued Date
! Expiry Date
! Note
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103400/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/1Afront.jpg] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103408/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/1aback2.jpg] || A1 ||rowspan=7| 160 x 80mm || Penguins on Petermann Island || Diving Adelie penguins on Paulet Island || April 22,<br/> 1999 (Earth Day) || December 31,<br/> [[2008]] || - || Like 1996 series A1
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103434/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/2front.jpg] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103426/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/2back.jpg] || A2 || Penguins on rocks || Anniversary of tragic Air New Zealand crash with no survivors, flag of Antarctica as adopted by AOEO || November 28,<br/> 1999||November 28,<br/> 1999|| -||
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103356/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/5front2.jpg] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103430/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/5back3.jpg] || A5 || Roald Amundsen, flag of Norway in the background || Albatross ||rowspan=5| January 1, 2001 ||rowspan=5| January 2, 2001 ||rowspan=5| [[2010]] || Obverse like 1996 series A20
|-
||-||- || A10 || Robert Falcon Scott || Map of Antarctica || Like 1996 series A10
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103419/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/20front2.jpg] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103423/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/20back3.jpg] || A20 || Crabeater seal on floe || Great auk || Obverse like 1996 series A5
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103411/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/50front2.jpg] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103415/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/50back2.jpg] || A50 || McMurdo Station || Antarctic Treaty System || Like 1996 series A50
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103441/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/100front3.jpg] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824103438/http://www.bankofantarctica.com/100back3.jpg] || A100 || Ozone depletion|Ozone hole detection || Ozone measured in Dobson unit, weather satellite || Like 1996 series A100
|-
|colspan=10|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 ''MV Explorer (1969)|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.
== See also ==
* [[Cryptocurrency list]]
* [[Cryptocurrency exchanges list]]
* [[Cryptocurrency wallets list]]
* [[Cryptocurrency ATM cards list]]
* [[Bitcoin]]
* [[Litecoin]]
* [[Bitcoin and state]]
* [[Transaction confirmation]]
* [[Proof-of-work]]
* [[Mining]]
==Source==

http://wikipedia.org/