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1 Spesmilo
| Issuer | Esperantujo |
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| Year | 1912 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse lettering | D.RO L.L. ZAMENHOF * AUTORO DE ESPERANTO * |
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| Edge | Milled |
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The spesmilo was a proposed international currency unit conceived within the Esperanto movement, championed most actively by René de Saussure — brother of the linguist Ferdinand. This 1912 issue was produced in limited quantities for use among Esperanto speakers as a functioning monetary instrument, not a souvenir, with the intention that participating businesses and individuals would accept it at a fixed rate against major currencies. The project never achieved critical mass.
Catalogued under the "X" (unofficial issues) prefix, it occupies an unusual legal category — privately issued but struck to a serious silver standard, not a medal weight.