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25 Cents Grant Island
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Westarctica |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Within a triangular flan, the Coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy of Westarctica is displayed in the central field, accompanied by the split date 20 08 positioned above. The denomination ¢25 appears prominently below the arms, followed by the inscription WA CENTS and the territorial designation GRANT ISLAND along the base. The design elements are arranged to conform to the triangular shape of the flan. |
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Westarctica is a micronation founded in 2001 by Travis McHenry, who exploited a territorial gap in the Antarctic Treaty System to claim Marie Byrd Land — one of the largest unclaimed territories on Earth at the time. The X# reference places this squarely in the Unusual World Coins catalog, the standard home for micronational and fantasy issues. Grant Island is a real geographic feature off the Hobbs Coast of Antarctica, within the claimed territory.
These were struck as novelty issues rather than circulating coinage, with no meaningful monetary infrastructure behind them.