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==Terms== | ==Terms== | ||
On its obverse side Westarctican paper currency bears a QR code. | On its obverse side Westarctican paper currency bears a QR code. This code corresponds to the note's serial information, which will be unique to that note. The serial information of each note includes more than a unique number, it also contains information about the issue of the note. The components of this information include the following parts, each separated from the others by a hyphen in a single line: | ||
*“Denomination code” - this four | *“Denomination code” - this [usually four digit] number code corresponds to the denomination of the banknote on which it appears, with placeholder zeros for any note whose value us under 1000, aligned to the right. The code for a 20 ice mark note, for example, is 0020; a 100 ice mark note would be 0100; a 5,000 ice mark note would have the number 5000. Any banknote issued with a denomination above 9,999 ice marks would simply have more digits in it, with no upper limit to the possible value of this code. | ||
*“Serial | *“Serial style” - this number corresponds to the overall visual appearance at the time of creation of a give banknote of a given denomination, regardless of year it was actually printed, and is coded by a sequential number beginning with 1, indicating the first overall style of printing for that denomination: all notes whose designs are essentially the same as the ''original'' note for that denomination, for example, will bear the number 1. In a second style is printed 10 years in the future, it will be coded with the number 2. If a third style is printed that same year, it will have the number 3. This number has no upper limit, and is always sequential. All 20 ice mark notes currently in existence have a number 1. If a different style is eventually produced, this has a number 2, but if the original style of note is for some reason subsequent to this, the serial style will revert back to 1 again. If a new style of note is issued subsequent to ''this'', that note will bear the number 3 (indicating that it is the third style of note for the 20 ice mark denomination). | ||
*“Printing/ Issue year” - this number is equal to the | *“Printing/ Issue year” - this number is equal to numerical difference between the year that a note of a certain denomination was printed and the year that this denomination of note was first ever printed. All notes issued/ printed in the same year that the note's denomination came out will have a value of zero in this position. The year that any note was actually printed can always be established by determining the first year that any note of that denomnination was issued and adding the value of this piece of serial information to that year. This number takes no account of the serial style value, which is independent of it. A 20 ice mark note printed in 2020 will have a value of 2 (the first year of printing of any note of this denonination having been 2018). | ||
*“Serial number” - this six-digit number is unique to each banknote for a given serial | *“Serial number” - this six-digit number is unique to each banknote for a given denonination, serial style, and printing/ issue year. Should all six digits be used up or otherwise become designated as unavailable, a suffix letter may be added to this number to indicate an additional banknote with that same six digit numerical code (and of the same denomination, and the same style, and with the same year of issue) has also been printed and to differentiate it from that note. The following letters are never used in any part of the serial information of any Westarctican banknote because of their superficial resemblance to Arabic numerals: the letters '''O''', '''I''', '''S''', and '''Z'''. | ||
*“Series code/ letter” - this is an arbitrary alphabetic code to indicate a minor variation in note format | *“Series code/ letter” - this is an arbitrary single-character alphabetic code to indicate a minor variation in note format for a given denomination with a given overall style and with the same printing year. It is unrelated by the bill’s serial number, though some serial codes may only correspond historically to certain serial numbers. All banknotes will bear a series code, even if the serial year and printing year had no minor variations. | ||
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In the bottom center of the note, below the written statement indicating the denomination of the note, appear the words, “This note is legal tender for all debts within Westarctica”. | In the bottom center of the note, below the written statement indicating the denomination of the note, appear the words, “This note is legal tender for all debts within Westarctica”. | ||
In the bottom center of the bill appears a scanable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code QR code] graphic. This QR code corresponds to the bills unique | In the bottom center of the bill appears a scanable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code QR code] graphic. This QR code corresponds to the bills unique serial information, <-- which is composed of 3 elements which are separated by hyphens.--> If scanned, the code will allow the user to access the bill’s alphanumeric serial code along with any other relvant information about the bill. This code will appear in the following format: | ||
Signature of the Grand Duke | Signature of the Grand Duke |