L'Œle d'H‚liopolis

L'Œle d'H‚liopolis 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.

2004

Inscription  : LIGUE DES FILS ET FILLES DU SOLEIL - CINCO 5 COLES - L'Œle d'H‚liopolis
               SONNENMšNZE DER SONNENKINDER - 2004
Denomination : 5 €oles
Diameter     : 39.0 mm
Material     : Copper - Silver
Mint         : Northwest Territorial Mint
Mintage      : 50 Copper - 5 Silver
Year         : 2004

This coin is from L'Œle d'H‚liopolis. 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 €ol (€oles 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 "Sonnenmnze der Sonnenkinder" on the reverse means "Sun-Coin of the Sun-Children".

2006

Copper

Inscription  : L'Œle d'H‚liopolis - 3 €oles Isle¤os - 2006
               Aratinga solstitialis - Sun parakeet - Jandaia-sol
Denomination : 3 €oles Isle¤os
Diameter     : 36.0 mm
Material     : Copper
Mint         : Pressed Metal Products
Mintage      : 54
Orientation  : Coin Alignment
Year         : 2006

Silver

Inscription  : L'Œle d'H‚liopolis - 3 €oles Isle¤os - 2006
               Aratinga solstitialis - Sun parakeet - Jandaia-sol
Denomination : 3 €oles Isle¤os
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).