Catalog
10 centesimi - Giorgio I
| Issuer | Principality of Seborga |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux — an oval escutcheon charged with a diagonal band, surmounted by a mitre and flanked by two human-headed supporters emerging from ornate mantling. Below the shield, the inscription ARMA DI SAN BERNARDO appears within the central field. The upper legend PAUPERA MILITIA CHRISTI curves along the top rim, and the lower legend CASTRUM SEPULCHRI 1118 arcs along the bottom, referencing the founding date of the Knights Templar. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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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.