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3 Çoles Isleños
| Issuer | L'île d'Héliopolis (fantasy issuer) |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse description | Three sun parakeets (Aratinga solstitialis) perched on a horizontal branch occupy the central field, depicted in naturalistic raised relief facing varied directions. The scientific name 'Aratinga solstitialis' arcs along the upper field as a legend. The common English name 'sun parakeet' appears in the lower left field and the Portuguese name 'jandaia-sol' in the lower right field. A small stylized Zia sun ornament is positioned at the base of the design in the exergual area. |
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| Reverse lettering | Aratinga solstitialis sun parakeet jandaia-sol |
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Héliopolis exists only as a cartographic fiction — no such issuing authority has ever governed territory, collected taxes, or circulated currency. These fantasy issues, produced in the early 2000s by private minters catering to the exonumia market, occupy an ambiguous legal space in most jurisdictions: not counterfeit, since they imitate no real sovereign coinage, but not legal tender anywhere either.
The "çole" denomination is invented wholesale.