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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 979283, member: 6229"]<b><u>Wirtland, a New Micronation Concept!</u></b></p><p> </p><p>Micronations are small, self-proclaimed entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged as such by any recognized sovereign state, or by any supranational organization.</p><p> </p><p>Wirtland claims to be the world's first internet-based sovereign country. Wirtland is an experiment into legitimacy and self-sustainability of a country without its own soil. It is an internet-based micronation. In other words, it's a <b><i>Cyberspace</i></b> or <b><i>Virtual</i></b> country.</p><p> </p><p>Wirtland was founded on August 14, 2008 and has no circulating coinage, but did issue two coins in 2009: a &quot;Wirtland Gold Crane&quot; and a &quot;Wirtland Silver Crane&quot; for coin collectors as a revenue producing enterprise. Moonlight Mint struck the coins. The diameter of the gold coin is 16.5 mm, composition: 24 carat pure gold, weight: 1/10 troy oz. (3.2 grams). </p><p> </p><p>Since both coins bear the same design, I'm only providinga link to a photo of the gold coin. It's denomination is 10 ICU (International Currency Units):</p><p> </p><p>To view both sides of coin scroll down to second coin photo and click for enlargement.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.wirtland.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wirtland.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wirtland.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>Thought you might enjoying knowing...</p><p> </p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 979283, member: 6229"][B][U]Wirtland, a New Micronation Concept![/U][/B] Micronations are small, self-proclaimed entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged as such by any recognized sovereign state, or by any supranational organization. Wirtland claims to be the world's first internet-based sovereign country. Wirtland is an experiment into legitimacy and self-sustainability of a country without its own soil. It is an internet-based micronation. In other words, it's a [B][I]Cyberspace[/I][/B] or [B][I]Virtual[/I][/B] country. Wirtland was founded on August 14, 2008 and has no circulating coinage, but did issue two coins in 2009: a "Wirtland Gold Crane" and a "Wirtland Silver Crane" for coin collectors as a revenue producing enterprise. Moonlight Mint struck the coins. The diameter of the gold coin is 16.5 mm, composition: 24 carat pure gold, weight: 1/10 troy oz. (3.2 grams). Since both coins bear the same design, I'm only providinga link to a photo of the gold coin. It's denomination is 10 ICU (International Currency Units): To view both sides of coin scroll down to second coin photo and click for enlargement. [URL]http://www.wirtland.com/[/URL] Thought you might enjoying knowing... Clinker[/QUOTE]
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