1 Stelo Esperanto

1 Stelo (Esperanto) - obverse1 Stelo (Esperanto) - reverse

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Features

Location Esperantujo
Type Fantasy items › Fantasy currency
Year 1959
Value 1 Stelo
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.4 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1993
Number
N#
23986
References X# 3
George S. Cuhaj (editor); 2011. Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.

Obverse

Heraldry of radiant star

Script: Latin

Lettering: UNU MONDO - UNU LINGVO - UNU MONO ·

Translation: One world, one language, one currency"

Reverse

Value over star, "UNIVERSALA LIGO", year

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNIVERSALA LIGO
1
STELO
1959

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Mintmark of Royal Dutch Mint Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)

Mark

Fish J.W.A. van Hengel, Mint Master, Royal Dutch Mint (1945-1969)

Comments

The stelo ("star"; plural: steloj) was from 1945 to 1993 a monetary unit of Esperantists, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency. Attempts at an earlier currency, the speso, were cut short by the First World War. For a time the Universal League (Esperanto: Universala Ligo), part of the Esperanto movement, issued coupons and coins denominated in steloj, making attempts to link the Stelo to existing currencies on the basis of relative purchasing power in different countries.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1959  Fish Photo 10 000 $ 7.30 (fr) Minted in 1960

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Stelo (Esperanto)
Katz
Auction 69
Lot 575
Internet Archive
29 Oct 2022 UNC USD 24.79
(EUR 23.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Stelo (Esperanto)Picture 1 of a sold 1 Stelo (Esperanto)
The Coinhouse Auctions
Auction 24
Lot 261
Internet Archive
30 Oct 2021 UNC USD 6.47
(EUR 6.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Stelo (Esperanto)Picture 1 of a sold 1 Stelo (Esperanto)
The Coinhouse Auctions
Auction 15
Lot 977
Internet Archive
20 Jun 2020 UNC USD 16.17
(EUR 15.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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