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50 Cents
| Issuer | Redonda, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Diameter | 22.4 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the full-color Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Redonda, depicting a crowned shield with a blue field charged with three white birds and a horizontal silver band, encircled by an orange-and-gold border, surmounted by a royal crown. The date is divided flanking the shield, with '20' to the left and '18' to the right. The legend 'REDONDA' arcs across the upper field and 'FIFTY CENTS' arcs along the lower field, both inscribed in dark blue Latin letters. |
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| Obverse lettering | REDONDA 20 18 FIFTY CENTS |
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Redonda is a uninhabited volcanic rock in the Leeward Islands whose "kingdom" has been a literary fiction since the 1880s, when Matthew Dowdy Shiell installed himself as king and passed the title through a chain of British writers including M.P. Shiel, John Gawsworth, and eventually Jon Wynne-Tyson. The current claimant, fantasy author Javier Marías, received the title in 1997 and has issued titles of nobility to writers and filmmakers he admires. These coins have no circulation context whatsoever — the island has no inhabitants, no economy, and no postal address.