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2 Luigini - Giorgio I Independence
| Issuer | Principality of Seborga |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 2 Luigini |
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| Obverse description | Frontal draped bust of Prince Giorgio I occupying the central field, depicted with a beard and formal attire. The legend PRINCIPATO DI SEBORGA arcs along the upper periphery, while the name * GIORGIO I * appears along the lower periphery flanked by asterisks. The date 1666 and the mint mark MINT SB are inscribed vertically to the left of the effigy, referencing the historical founding of the principality. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Seborga is a small hilltop village in Liguria that declared itself an independent principality in 1963, basing its claim on an obscure 1729 land transaction it argued exempted the territory from the 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Giorgio Carbone, a flower grower elected "prince" by the village in 1963, pursued the independence project until his death in 2009. The luigino was a real 17th-century Italian petty state coin type, and Seborga's adoption of the name for its fantasy currency is a deliberate historical reference to that tradition.
Listed under Krause's X prefix — reserved for fantasy and non-circulating issues — this piece has no legal tender status recognized outside the principality itself.