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In October of 1872 the Utopian Antarctic colony of Nadiria printed it’s first paper money. For the next twenty seven years, until the community’s strange disappearance in 1899, a variety of beautiful currency was produced. For the complete story, click over to Dream Dollars.

h/t Table of Malcontents - a great stop for all your Cthulhu/steampunk needs (for the next month and a half - word is that Wired is going to pull the plug on them in June). Refresh the page a couple times - there’s a title banner that features a school (shoal? rabble?) of fez-wearing krill.