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25 Cents Burk Island
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Westarctica |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 6.9 g |
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| Obverse description | Stylized left-facing profile of a Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus), rendered in bold relief against the triangular field. The bird's distinctive plumage is depicted with incised line detail. The legend SHEATHBILLS appears along the upper right edge, while the inscription WILDLIFE PROTECTION runs vertically along the left edge of the triangular flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Westarctica is a micronation founded in 2001 by Travis McHenry, who exploited a loophole in the Antarctic Treaty System to claim Marie Byrd Land — one of the few landmasses on Earth unclaimed by any sovereign state. Burk Island lies within that claimed territory. These coins were never intended for circulation; they function as fantasy issues produced for collectors and as instruments of the micronation's self-promotional apparatus.
The X# prefix in standard numismatic references denotes fantasy and unofficial issues — a classification that places this piece firmly outside mainstream coinage but within a documented collecting category.