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This is essentially Canadian, but feel free to move it if deemed better elsewhere. Has anyone seen (or have) an Outer Baldonia tunar? I knew of this "absurdist micronation" on a secluded island in Nova Scotia, but didn't realize they had a coin. The image is from NGC and here's a link to a write up too. http://www.listofmicronations.com/l...ter_Baldonia |
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That's a new one to me. Thanks!
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Micronations do sometimes make commemoratives that are hard to come by. I have a 1994 Silver Half Dollar from the Principality of Sea Land (an old anti artillery platform off the coast of the U.K.) They have a very colorful borderline criminal history but have put out commemorative coins on a few separate occasions. This half dollar has a mint error scalloped edge and there are only 150 known varieties, which is about how many people actually know about Sea Land so there is little chance that the coin will go up in value barring a movie being made about them. But I still like it.   |
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Never have I heard of Outer Baldonia... but I'm intringued and want to learn a lot more... I have however not only heard of Sea Land... but know of one person that lived on the platform for an extended period of time... interesting stories to say the least..
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there is a whole movie about Sealand (or a similar rig) called Pirate Radio, its not a bad movie.
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Similar Story, but that was based on a pirate radio boat. There were dozens of them through the years. They were supposed to make an actual movie about Sealand a few years ago about the face off with the British Navy, the hostage situation, and all the other crazy things that happened over the years but last I saw it had gone into turnaround because of budgeting issues.
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It's a great movie that I bet every actor has a blast doing. Phillip Seymore Hoffman was quite good in it. The soundtrack is great for those of us that lived through that era.
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Chequer, very cool story, thanks for sharing. Funny Charter put forward, fishermen. Head of State: Prince of Princes Russell ArundelFounded in 1949 by Russell Arundel, who was an American business man and lobbyist for Pepsi Cola Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princ...ter_Baldonia
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09/18/2015 9:18 pm
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It was that map that reminded me of this place, SilverDon. I was looking at the islands on Google in a bird group (guy had photographed some bird out there) and saw the place marker for the "Royal Palace." It is a cool story, but I'd love to know where these "coins" are now.
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Outer Baldonia's sole numismatic issue is a 10
Tunar piece, dated "O.B. 1948" (which makes one wonder if
Boudreau made an error in declaring, twice, that Arundel
landed on Outer Bald Tusket Island in 1949). Two
varieties exist: one minted in "STERLING SILVER" and one
minted in ".826 FINE GOLD". I've even seen a pair of 14-
karat gold earrings for sale that feature two of the gold
coins! According to the seller: "My mom got them from a
very elderly well to do lady along with many other pieces
of jewelry. My mom still has a bracelet with I think 3 or
4 more of these coins on it." It just makes me wonder if
Russell Arundel at some point had these jewelry items
made as gifts for VIPs! I purchased a silver piece from a
fellow collector, the Rev. Norman Winter, whom I met via
ebay (he was the original bidder on the very first
Zilchstadt coin I listed on that site). It is truly a
well-designed, official-looking little artifact. http://www.oocities.org/erik_mccrea/linksO.html |
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