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10 centesimi - Giorgio I
| Issuer | Principality of Seborga |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter right-facing bust of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux depicted in monastic habit with tonsured head, set within a plain field. The date 1996 appears to the left of the effigy and the denomination 10 cL to the right. The upper legend reads PRINCIPATO DI SEBORGA in curved arrangement, while the lower legend SANCTUS BERNARDUS 1091-1153 arcs along the bottom rim, referencing the saint's birth and death years. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRINCIPATO DI SEBORGA 1996 10 cL SANCTUS BERNARDUS 1091-1153 |
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Seborga's claim to independence rests on a 1729 transaction it argues was legally defective, leaving the village technically outside the Kingdom of Sardinia and, by extension, never formally incorporated into unified Italy. Giorgio Carbone, a flower farmer elected "Prince Giorgio I" by local referendum in 1963, leveraged this argument to issue coins, passports, and stamps — none recognized by Rome. The luigino, Seborga's self-declared currency unit, was priced at an absurd 6 USD by decree.
Carbone died in 2009. The principality continues under elected successors, though Italy has never acknowledged the sovereignty claim in any legal forum.