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The
glorious $365 note is the culmination
of the entire Dream-Dollar sequence. The design of this note was entrusted
to the noted artist and engraver Frederico Angellini, whose printing
shop had produced some of the best representations of the art of engraving
within Nadiria.
While this note was referred to
as the "Anum" within the colony, Constance Brundt described
this note as Transformation. "As three hundred sixty-five days
become one year," Constance said, "so all things must transform
from complex to simple, from grand to small, from many to one. This
is a model for our community and for all of nature." This transformation
was represented in the note by having the obverse be horizontal and
the reverse be vertical. By the colonists simply handling the notes,
the Brundt's hoped to encourage "Transformative Thought".
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The
greatest Transformations of all are Birth and Death. As Winter is the
deep stillness of the year, the place of becoming, so this note depicts
the Birthplace of Souls. That place where we discover the Genesis of
all things, the First Impulse. The reverse of the note shows a uniquely
Nadirian view of Death. The Angel of Death is a small child riding a
ferocious lion. The Child carries the Spirit Pot, where he gathers all
the souls he collects.
(Series
A note pictured)
 
THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE Winter,
Obverse THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE
Winter, Reverse
In
Spring, we have Marriage, the attraction of opposites. The bonding of
spirits, the knitting together of souls is the greatest Transformation
we may choose to undergo in life. While gaining another, we actually
lose part of ourselves as we merge and become one. The reverse of the
note depicts Divorce, the rending asunder of that which was one. As
Marriage unites with bliss, Divorce divides, always with pain.
(Series
A note pictured)
 
THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE Spring,
Obverse
THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE Spring,
Reverse
After
a long struggle comes the Victory. Work, perserverence, and patience
are all required to overcome the obstacles in life. Once those obstacles
are gone, the way to Success is a clear path. Victory changes the landscape
of possibilities, creating new, more powerful realities. The
reverse features the emblem of Defeat,
where possibilities vanish, and landscapes narrow. Called Success and
Failure by Mme De La Rue, this note is commonly believed to be the most
powerful of the Dream-Dollars.
(Series
A note pictured)
 
THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE Summer,
Obverse THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE Summer,
Reverse
Rewards
are deserved, the harvest is earned through hard worked, but the Blessing
is given to you as a Gift. The Blessing is bestowed upon your head unlooked-for,
but when most needed. The reverse of this note has many names: the Curse,
Destruction, Jinx, and Calamity. Destruction rides a chariot driven
by serpents, a sickle in his hands to cut down those in his path. Where
Blessing imparts help from above, so Destruction imparts hindrance.
(Series
A note pictured)
 
THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE Autumn,
Obverse THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE Autumn, Reverse
SERIES A
View a Mint Set and an
Uncut Sheet of this Series.
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