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==Characteristics== | ==Characteristics== | ||
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The 20 ice mark note is 70 mm x 140 mm in size (2.75 in x 5.5 in). It is printed on 75% cotton rag, 25% linen paper, the same fiber content as that of American banknotes. It contains red and blue fibers, has a weight of 85 GSM (grams per square meter) making it only slightly more dense/ heavy that typical office copy paper, and has no optical brighteners. Although the paper itself is waterproof and acid-free, the toner/ ink used for the production of the notes on this paper may be dissolved using certain aprotic solvents. | The 20 ice mark note is 70 mm x 140 mm in size (2.75 in x 5.5 in). It is printed on 75% cotton rag, 25% linen paper, the same fiber content as that of American banknotes. It contains red and blue fibers, has a weight of 85 GSM (grams per square meter) making it only slightly more dense/ heavy that typical office copy paper, and has no optical brighteners. Although the paper itself is waterproof and acid-free, the toner/ ink used for the production of the notes on this paper may be dissolved or damaged using certain aprotic solvents. Devoid of the toner/ ink, however, the paper has neither commercial nor symbolic/ economic value. | ||
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Revision as of 18:03, 7 January 2019
The 20 ice mark note will be the first denomination of ice marks to be issued by the Central Bank of Westarctica. As such, it is intended to become the first legal tender paper currency ever created by Westarctica. While the banknote itself has been approved, the specific design and features have yet to be finalized. The Westarctican government anticipates an initial release of between 600 and 1,000 20 ice mark banknotes.
History
The note was designed by the Baron of Bastanchury in his capacity as Commissioner of the Treasury. There was significant debate about backing the ice marks with some real commodity, such as silver, but this was ultimately rejected as financially unfeasible.
The Central Bank has not yet announced the proposed exchange rate for the marks.
Characteristics
The paper
The 20 ice mark note is 70 mm x 140 mm in size (2.75 in x 5.5 in). It is printed on 75% cotton rag, 25% linen paper, the same fiber content as that of American banknotes. It contains red and blue fibers, has a weight of 85 GSM (grams per square meter) making it only slightly more dense/ heavy that typical office copy paper, and has no optical brighteners. Although the paper itself is waterproof and acid-free, the toner/ ink used for the production of the notes on this paper may be dissolved or damaged using certain aprotic solvents. Devoid of the toner/ ink, however, the paper has neither commercial nor symbolic/ economic value.
Obverse
The obverse (face) of the note has an engraved rendering of the Grand Duke on its left side superficial to a geometric seven-point star. Above/ Superior to this appears the symbol for "ice mark" (the snowflake) followed by the horizontal unrotated number "20" both superficial to an ovoid guilloche pattern which itself appears deep to the portrait of the Grand Duke. Inferior to/ Beneath the face of the Grand Duke appear his signature and the signature of the Commissioner of the Treasury, both unrotated and horizontal. The issuing bank, the Central Bank of Westarctica, appears in horizontal text rotated 90° counterclockwise just to the left of these. To the right of these along the top of the note are the horizontal words "This note is legal tender for all debts within Westarctica" vertically inferior to the words "Twenty Westarctican Ice Marks" in larger font. Inferior to both of these is a series of orange Eurion symbols. Near the bottom center of the note is the note's QR code box. Near the top right of the note is the note's serial number directly above/ superior to an engraved rendering of the Lesser Shield. A 5-point guilloche "star" is printed superficial to the Shield, and the number "20" is printed superficial of the star. On the far right of the note in the middle in black font and in horizontal unrotated text is the year of printing of the note. Other guilloche patterns of lines appear across the top and bottom of the note, as well as in other places across its face.
Reverse
The reverse (back) of the note is dominated by a star chart of the southern hemisphere showing most of its prominent stars and asterisms. In the top left is a stylized "20" in front of a guilloche pattern. Below/ inferior to this is the German denomination of the note, "Zwantig Eismark" above the name of the Central Bank in German: "Zentralbank von Westarctica". Further right is a silhouette of the continent of Antarctica with the Westarctican wedge highlighted. Just below the geometric center of the note appear the worlds "Fortune favors the Bold", the country's motto. To the right of this is a dark strip containing a series of very small yellow "20"s oriented horizontally and rotated 90° counterclockwise. To the right of this in the lower corner is another much-larger "20" superficial to another guilloche pattern.
Both sides
Multiple overlapping color gradients are located across the obverse and reverse of the note, and interact with each other using various undisclosed layered transparency effects, making the recreation of the final set of gradients impossible without specific information with regard to the colors chosen for each gradient, the opacity of each color, the opacity of each layer, the transparency effect of each layer relative to all layers beneath it, and knowledge with regard to the order of all layers.
Both the obverse and reverse have barely-visible repeating patterns across the entire surface, made of either stars (obverse) or snowflakes (reverse), located deep to all other layers.