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1 Dollar Peter I Island
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Westarctica |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a heraldic shield bearing a saltire cross surmounted by a crown at its chief, rendered in relief against a stippled field. The circular legend 'GOVERNMENT OF PETER I ISLAND' arcs along the upper periphery. The word 'ESSAI' appears in the lower right field, denoting this as a pattern or trial piece. The date '2005' is inscribed in the lower exergual area. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Westarctica is not a recognized state but a micronation claiming Peter I Island, a Norwegian dependency in the Bellingshausen Sea that has been visited fewer than a dozen times since its discovery in 1821. The Grand Duchy issued this piece in 2005 under Travis McHenry, a U.S. Navy petty officer who established the claim in 2001 after identifying a lapse in the Clipperton Island Rule as applied to unclaimed Antarctic territories. Norway contests this interpretation entirely.
Catalogued under X# rather than KM#, placing it firmly outside mainstream sovereign coinage.