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10 Steloj
| Issuer | Universala Ligo (Universal League of Esperanto) |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Stelo |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Dr. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, creator of the Esperanto language, depicted wearing pince-nez spectacles and a beard, occupying the central field. A circular legend in Esperanto reads 'D-RO L.L.ZAMENHOF KREINTO DE ESPERANTO' around the periphery, with the birth and death dates '·1859-1917·' inscribed along the lower exergual area. The design is framed by a beaded border running along the full circumference. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a large five-pointed star in outline form, with the numeral '10' superimposed prominently at centre and the denomination 'STELOJ' inscribed immediately below. The date '1959' appears in the lower portion of the field, beneath the star. The legend 'UNIVERSALA LIGO' arcs along the upper periphery. Two small decorative floral or foliate ornaments flank the central motif at mid-field, and the entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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The Universala Ligo issued this piece in 1959 as a fantasy or promotional token within the Esperanto movement's long-running ambition to pair a constructed international language with a constructed international currency — the "stelo" being the Esperanto word for star, itself a nod to the green star already adopted as the movement's symbol. These were never legal tender anywhere, functioning instead as ideological objects: something a delegate might spend at an Esperanto congress or simply keep as a statement of internationalist principle.
Catalogued under Krause's X# sequence, which groups world exonumia and fantasy issues outside mainstream national coinage.