San Marino joined the United Nations on March 2, 1992, becoming one of the last European microstates to do so — Liechtenstein had joined just two years earlier, and the Vatican remains outside to this day. The 1992 admission came after decades of studied neutrality; San Marino had formally declared neutrality in both World Wars and long resisted entanglement in international bodies it had no geographic need to join.
The AASFN issues commemorative gold in limited numbers almost exclusively for collector markets, with circulation figures typically well under 1,000 pieces.
San Marino joined the United Nations on March 2, 1992, becoming one of the last European microstates to do so — Liechtenstein had joined just two years earlier, and the Vatican remains outside to this day. The 1992 admission came after decades of studied neutrality; San Marino had formally declared neutrality in both World Wars and long resisted entanglement in international bodies it had no geographic need to join.
The AASFN issues commemorative gold in limited numbers almost exclusively for collector markets, with circulation figures typically well under 1,000 pieces.