Redonda is an uninhabited volcanic rock in the Caribbean, part of Antigua and Barbuda, with no government, no population, and no monetary system. Its "kingdom" is a literary fiction originating with the eccentric claim of Matthew Dowdy Shiell in 1865 and subsequently passed through a chain of British authors including M.P. Shiel, John Gawsworth, and eventually Jon Wynne-Tyson. Coins issued in its name are fantasy pieces with zero monetary authority behind them.
The "paper colorized" steel construction — essentially a steel disc with a printed paper label — removes any pretense of this being a struck coin in any traditional sense.
Redonda is an uninhabited volcanic rock in the Caribbean, part of Antigua and Barbuda, with no government, no population, and no monetary system. Its "kingdom" is a literary fiction originating with the eccentric claim of Matthew Dowdy Shiell in 1865 and subsequently passed through a chain of British authors including M.P. Shiel, John Gawsworth, and eventually Jon Wynne-Tyson. Coins issued in its name are fantasy pieces with zero monetary authority behind them.
The "paper colorized" steel construction — essentially a steel disc with a printed paper label — removes any pretense of this being a struck coin in any traditional sense.