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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 48, November 19, 2017, Article 21

COIN MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEALAND MICRONATION

On November 17, 2017 Michael Alexander of Coin Update published a nice article about the new silver coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Sealand micronation. As you'll see, Michael had a part in creating the coin as well. Here's an excerpt. Thanks to Martin Kaplan for passing this along. -Editor

Sealand 50th anniversary coin obverse Sealand 50th anniversary coin reverse

The treasury of the Principality of Sealand, the world’s only man-made and self-proclaimed independent micro-nation, have unveiled (15th September) the designs for their commemorative coin. The coin is to be issued in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Sealand’s declaration of independence, which occurred on the 2nd September 1967. On that day 50 years ago, four members of the Bates family, along with friends and supporters, raised the principality’s newly designed flag for the first time on the tower of Fort Roughs—an abandoned fortress built during the Second World War. Accompanied by his wife, Joan; his fourteen-year-old son, Michael; and his sixteen-year-old daughter, Penelope, Roy Bates founded an independent nation. From that day, the newly created sovereign, Prince Roy, successfully declared this man-made fortress island in the North Sea the independent Principality of Sealand. Prince Roy claimed jus gentium (law of nations) over a tiny part of the globe that was terra nullius (nobody’s land). Joan became the territory’s co-ruler as sovereign princess on the same day, which was also her 38th birthday.

Sealand flag raising

This is the second authorised commemorative coin since 2012 and was approved on the 1st September, one day before the actual independence celebrations. It is designed by Michael Alexander (author of this article) and will be struck to Proof quality by the Tower Mint, United Kingdom, on behalf of the treasury of the Principality of Sealand. The design on the reverse side of the coin is inspired by an actual photograph which was taken the very moment when Sealand’s flag was raised for the first time by Princess Joan.

Be sure to read the complete article - it's a great story, including a skirmish with the Royal Navy. -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
Sealand: For 50th anniversary of independence, new silver coin celebrates a remarkable story (http://news.coinupdate.com/sealand-for-50th-anniversary-of-independence-new-silver-coin-celebrates-a-remarkable-story/)

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