L'île d'Héliopolis is a micronation
created by
Erik McCrea.
Erik is also the creater of
Nichtsburg & Zilchstadt.
You can find a lot of information about micronations on his
links pages.
Inscription : LIGUE DES FILS ET FILLES DU SOLEIL - CINCO 5 COLES - L'île d'Héliopolis
SONNENMÜNZE DER SONNENKINDER - 2004
Denomination : 5 Çoles
Diameter : 39.0 mm
Material : Copper - Silver
Mint : Northwest Territorial Mint
Mintage : 50 Copper - 5 Silver
Year : 2004
This coin is from L'île d'Héliopolis. Heliopolis means City of the Sun.
"Ligue des Fils et Filles du Soleil" means "League of the Sun's Sons and Daughters".
The monetary unit is the Çol (Çoles being the plural),
which is phonetically identical to the Peruvian Sol / Soles.
The radiant symbol on the obverse is that of Shamash and his all-seeing light.
This disc represented the Mesopotamian solar deity approximately 3,000 years ago.
The legend "Sonnenmünze der Sonnenkinder" on the reverse means
"Sun-Coin of the Sun-Children".
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Inscription : L'île d'Héliopolis - 3 Çoles Isleños - 2006
Aratinga solstitialis - Sun parakeet - Jandaia-sol
Denomination : 3 Çoles Isleños
Diameter : 36.0 mm
Material : Copper
Mint : Pressed Metal Products
Mintage : 54
Orientation : Coin Alignment
Year : 2006
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Inscription : L'île d'Héliopolis - 3 Çoles Isleños - 2006
Aratinga solstitialis - Sun parakeet - Jandaia-sol
Denomination : 3 Çoles Isleños
Diameter : 36.0 mm
Material : Silver
Mint : Pressed Metal Products
Mintage : 11
Orientation : Coin Alignment
Year : 2006
On the obverse is an age-old representation of the sun.
On the reverse of the coin are three Sun parakeets
(Aratinga solstitialis in the taxonomy of Linnaeus;
and in Portuguese, because this bird is indigenous to Brasil, Jandaia-sol).
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Inscription : 2012 - the isle of heliopolis - 25 Çoles Isleños
000001 - 25 ÇOLES ISLEÑOS
Denomination : 25 Çoles Isleños
Material : Paper
Year : 2012