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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 174829, member: 669&quot;]Technically the <a href="http://www.orderofmalta.org/index.asp?idlingua=5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.orderofmalta.org/index.asp?idlingua=5" rel="nofollow">Sovereign Military Hospitallier Order of Saint John of Jerusalum of Rhodes and of Malta </a> does have its own independent territory, even though it&#039;s just two buildings. Since 1869 it&#039;s headquarters on the Via Condioti in Rome, and another Roman villa owned by it,&nbsp; have had the same extraterritorial status as the US Embassy - considered American soil in the middle of Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s right to coin its own money was obtained at the time of the crusades.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Order still considers itself to be an internationally recognized sovereign entity.&nbsp; It also owns The fortress Sant&#039;Angelo in Malta. It mints coins, which do not circulate, but it also prints stamps accepted by 45 national post offices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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