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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Redonda, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Bimetallic fantasy coin with a gold-coloured inner disc and dark outer ring. The inner field displays the crowned coat of arms of the Kingdom of Redonda, featuring a shield bearing three seagulls in flight arranged in two horizontal bands, encircled by the legend 'STELLA REDANDA' around the shield. The denomination '$1' appears in the lower left of the inner disc, with the date '2013' inscribed vertically along the upper portion. The issuer name 'REDONDA' is incused along the left side of the outer ring. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a gold-coloured inner disc depicting a detailed frontal view of the ornate wrought-iron gates of 10 Downing Street, London, the official residence of the British Prime Minister, rendered in fine relief against a plain field. The surrounding dark outer ring carries the commemorative legend 'IN MEMORY OF THE 'IRON LADY' MARGARET THATCHER' arranged around the upper circumference, with the dates '1925-2013' inscribed at the base, commemorating the life of the former British Prime Minister. |
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Redonda is a uninhabited half-square-mile volcanic rock in the Caribbean that has been claimed by a succession of self-appointed "kings" since the 1860s, when Matthew Dowdy Shiell declared sovereignty and named it after his son — the future science fiction writer M.P. Shiel. The "Kingdom" has no permanent population, no government infrastructure, and no monetary system, making this a purely novelty issue with no circulation history by definition.