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1 Dollar - Roy I Orca
| Issuer | Sealand |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | PRINCIPALITY OF SEALAND •1994• SILVER ONE DOLLAR |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Sealand — the self-declared micronation occupying a decommissioned Royal Navy Maunsell sea fort off the Suffolk coast — has issued commemorative coinage since the 1970s, though none of it carries recognition from any sovereign monetary authority. These pieces circulate entirely within the collector market; Sealand has no functioning economy to speak of. The X# prefix in the standard reference confirms its classification as a "unofficial" or fantasy issue under Krause's World Coin catalog system.
Roy Bates, who claimed the fort in 1967 and styled himself Prince Roy I, died in 2012. The orca subject likely ties to conservation-themed commemorative programs that were commercially popular among micronation issuers throughout the 1990s.