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4000 Mills Rose island
| Issuer | Italy |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Shape | Square with rounded corners |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A two-masted sailing schooner under full sail occupies the left and center of the field, rendered in fine detail with rigging and hull visible above waterline. To the right, a pier or dock structure is depicted in the background. The date '2024' appears in the upper field, with the denomination '4000 / Mills' inscribed prominently to the right in large letters. The engraver's monogram 'Б' (Cyrillic initial for Bakhtinov) appears beneath the denomination in the lower right field. |
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Rose Island — the self-declared micro-nation built on a platform in the Adriatic by Italian engineer Giorgio Rosa in 1968 — lasted roughly ten months before the Italian government sent the navy to demolish it. Rome had refused to recognize its sovereignty, partly fearing it would become a tax haven, and partly because the whole episode was an embarrassment. The story remained obscure for decades until a 2020 Netflix film brought it back into public consciousness, which almost certainly explains why this issue exists at all.