List of mainstream press coverage of micronations
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This article lists all known articles about micronations appearing in the mainstream press, worldwide, in chronological order.
| Article name | Author | Publication | Date | Country | Subject/s of article | Article image/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La promotion du centenaire d'Austerlitz | - | Le Petit Journal | 27 Aug 1905 | France | Sahara | 
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| tbc | - | Daily Sketch | 20 Oct 1937 | UK | Redonda | - |
| Author Is King of Isle His Father Seized With Own Navy | - | Sunday Referee | 24 Oct 1937 | UK | Redonda | - |
| Island king now lives in cottage | - | The Star | 26 Oct 1937 | UK | Redonda | - |
| tbc | - | Star Eagle (Newark NJ) | 20 Nov 1937 | USA | Redonda | - |
| tbc | S F Gramercy | Everybody's Weekly | 21 May 1938 | UK | Redonda | - |
| tbc - obituary | - | Daily Express | 18 Feb 1947 | UK | Redonda | - |
| tbc - obituary - p96 | - | Time | 3 March 1947 | USA | Redonda | - |
| The South Rises Again - Almost | - | The Tuscaloosa News | 11 May 1966 | USA | Tubbyville | 
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| "Nuovo Stato" al largo di Rimini su un'isola artificiali | - | Il Messaggero | 26 June 1968 | Itlay | Rose Island | - |
| 2 Islands In The Sun | Marv Olsen | The Register | 3 Nov 1972 | USA | Minerva | 
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| More Stamps from the Kingdom of Humanity | W (Bill) Hornadge | The Cinderella Philatelist | Jan 1973 | UK | Humanity | 
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| Fair einatmen | - | Der Spiegel | 14 Oct 1974 | Germany | Koneuwe | 
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| All Hail the King of Biffeche | Joyce Dutson | Esquire | Mar 1975 | USA | Biffeche |   
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| Aussie tax-hater secedes from state | Reuters | Ottawa Citizen | 28 Aug 1975 | Canada | Freedom | 
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| Nations Off the Beaten Track | Roy Bongartz | The New York Times | 28 Mar 1976 | USA | International Micropatrological Society, Outer Baldonia, Lesser Parece-Vela, Minerva, Oceanus, Sealand, Morac-Songhrati-Meads, Hutt River, Tierra del Mar | 
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| Four Big Countries, And Morton Meads, Grab for Asian Oil | Barry Kramer | The Wall Street Journal | 8 Sep 1976 | USA | Humanity | 
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| It's the Birth of a (Phony) Nation | William Sherman | Daily News | 25 Sep 1976 | USA | Montmartre | 
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| Ma Bell Blushes | - | The Wall Street Journal | 7 Oct 1976 | USA | Montmartre | 
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| And Now, Mes Amis, the King of Montmartre | - | Mother Jones | Feb-Mar 1977 | USA | Montmartre | 
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| Ma Bell V. Montmartre: A Ruritanian Melodrama | Randy Cohen | New York Magazine | 18 Jul 1977 | USA | Montmartre | 
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| Phone Co. Dumps Funny Country | Associated Press | Ocala Star-Banner | 23 Aug 1977 | USA | Montmartre | 
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| Montmartre 'President' to Sue | Associated Press | Reading Eagle | 23 Aug 1977 | USA | Montmartre | 
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| You are now entering the Free Independent Republic of Frestonia | Sue Woodman | News and Post | 1 Nov 1977 | UK | Frestonia | 
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| New Hebrides Calling for Help to Put Down Rebellion | R W Apple Jr | The New York Times | 30 May 1980 | USA | Minerva, Phoenix Foundation | 
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| Vemarana in a Nutshell | - | The New York Times | 9 Jun 1980 | USA | Vemarana, Minerva | 
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| Här är han - Furste Reinhold den Förste | Mosse Wallen | Södertälje | 25 Mar 1981 | Sweden | Wikingland | 
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| He's Eastern monarch - East Side, that is | Alex Blumberg | Milwaukee Sentinel | 16 Oct 1984 | USA | Talossa | 
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| Havets Furste... Reinhold I frän Sundbyberg | Lars-G Holmström | Expressen | 1 Apr 1985 | Sweden | Wikingland | 
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| Dilemma on voting for duke | - | The Advocate | 4 Jul 1987 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Duke could be KO'd - by his own title fight | Michael Stevens | The Examiner | 17 May 1988 | Australia | Avram | 
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| The Duke of Avram: the title with a 'handicap' | - | The Mercury | 17 May 1988 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Vote 1 'the Duke' (advertisement) | - | The Mercury | 26 May 1988 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Bleyer's Honours Outlined | Anabel Dean | The Sydney Morning Herald | 20 June 1989 | Australia | Aeterna Lucina | 
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| His Grace may show no grace for latest party fun | Sandy Onslow-Browne | The Sunday Tasmanian | 24 Dec 1989 | Australia | Avram | 
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| A Remote Possibility | Roy Rivenburg | Los Angeles Times | 21 Feb 1993 | USA | Merica, Conch Republic, Sealand, Block Island, Minerva | 
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| Duke of Avram joins list of Lyons Hopefuls | - | The Examiner | 23 Sep 1995 | Australia | Avram | 
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| The Duke shapes as favourite in recount | Michael Lester | The Mercury | 28 Nov 1995 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Libs to quizz Duke on alleged bank debt | Barry Prismall | The Examiner | 17 Nov 1996 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Manager denies bankruptcy plan | Catherine Anderson | The Mercury | 25 Mar 1998 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Duke to pay $40,000 | Michelle Grima | The Advocate | 3 Apr 1998 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Petition backs aid for Avram | Charles Waterhouse | The Mercury | 29 Apr 1998 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Avram decision reserved | - | The Mercury | 27 Aug 1998 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Sorell identities cross swords in new war of roses | Charles Waterhouse | The Mercury | 27 May 1999 | Australia | Avram | 
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| It's Good to Be King | Alex Blumberg | Wired | Mar 2000 | USA | Talossa, Freedonia, New Utopia, Zoe Katholica, Zaire, Triparia | 
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| Der Staat, das bin ich | Carsten Volkery | Spiegel Online | 14 April 2000 | Germany | Talossa, Triparia, Cyber-Yugoslavia, Freedonia, Lomar, Sealand | File:Various Spiegel Online Germany 14042000.png |
| Resignation opens council rift | Charles Waterhouse | The Mercury | 24 May 2000 | Australia | Avram | 
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| Utopian Rulers, and Spoofs, Stake Out Territory Online | Stephen Mihm | The New York Times | 25 May 2000 | USA | Lizbekistan, Talossa, Freedonia, Aerica, Reunion, Cyber Yugoslavia, Cherusken, Haren, Laputa, Asphynxia, Roadkills-R-Us, Bergonia | 
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| A prince's title goes west in right royal row | - | The Gold Coast Bulletin | 20-21 Jul 2000 | Australia | Hutt River | 
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| Battling the bulldozers | Paul McMillan | Southern Highland News | 2 Oct 2000 | Australia | Dubeldeka | 
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| States of mind | Andrew Weiner | The Boston Phoenix | 12-19 Oct 2000 | USA | Freedonia, Aerica, Talossa, Sealand, Asphynxia, Telusia, Lafartia, Tulsa, Ganjastan, Patria | - |
| Drama Unfolds of a Little Empire | Mark Wallace | Financial Times | 20-21 Jan 2001 | UK | Montmartre | 
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| La République de Lomar, un bien mauvais canular | - | Courrier International | 15 Feb 2001 | France | Lomar | 
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| The national madness of King George | Billy Adams | The New Zealand Herald | 29 Aug 2001 | New Zealand | Atlantium, Bumbunga | 
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| Lodge secedes to form new country | Josh Grech | Southern Highland News | 10 Oct 2001 | Australia | Dubeldeka | 
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| Looking for the Principality of Dubeldekar? It's right there at Braemar | - | Southern Highlands Visitors Guide | Sep-Nov 2002 | Australia | Dubeldeka | 
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| Passport to Pimlico - Aussie style | David Fickling | The Guardian | 20 Nov 2002 | UK | Ponderosa, Camside, Hutt River, Atlantium | 
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| The student prince | - | The Sydney Morning Herald | 15 Feb 2003 | Australia | Hutt River | 
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| Konge i eige rike | - | Norgesglasset | 24 Jun 2003 | Norway | Fusa | 
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| Tales of deducting and weaving tax the imagination | Julian Lewis | The Sydney Morning Herald | 5 Jul 2003 | Australia | Ponderosa | - |
| The Prince Peter principle | - | The Daily Telegraph | 23 Jul 2003 | Australia | United Oceania | 
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| Prince finds if all else fails, secede | Viva Goldner | The Daily Telegraph | 24 Jul 2003 | Australia | United Oceania | 
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| Royal Report | - | Southern Highlands Fling | 2003 | Australia | Dubeldeka | 
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| The happiest kingdom of all | - | The Sydney Morning Herald | 6 Oct 2004 | Australia | Coral Sea Islands | 
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| Driven up the wall | - | The Sydney Morning Herald | 1 Dec 2004 | Australia | Wy | 
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| Land of the free spirit | Kathy Ceceri | Adirondack Explorer | Mar-Apr 2005 | USA | Northern Forest Archipelago | 
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| 'Prince' found guilty of tax fraud | Daniella Miletic | The Age | 7 July 2005 | Australia | Ponderosa | 
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| Micronations | - | The Economist | 20 Dec 2005 | USA | Talossa and others | - |
| 'Prince' free as tax fraud overturned | Peter Gregory | The Age | 26 Jan 2006 | Australia | Ponderosa | 
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| Three of the best: Kangaroo Valley | Margie Blok | The Sydney Morning Herald - Domain | 1-2 Jul 2006 | Australia | Little Scotland | 
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| Born to rule | Peter Needham | The Australian | 16 Sep 2006 | Australia | Seborga, Copeman Empire, Minerva, Hutt River, Avram, Coral Sea Islands, Atlantium, Bumbunga, Rainbow Creek, United Oceania, Ponderosa, Snake Hill, Whangamomona, Lovely, Molossia | 
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| How to start your own country | Barry Neild | CNN | 27 Sep 2006 | USA | Sealand, Talossa | 
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| It's a small world | Robert Macfarlane | Wanderlust | Oct 2006 | UK | Whangamomona | 
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| No joke, we're a micronation | Melinda Marshall | The Dandenong Leader | 7 Jan 2007 | Australia | Aerica | 
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| Norges merkeligste pass? Dette er Republicof Benny André | Maria Børja | Dagbladet | 12 Jan 2007 | Norway | Benny André Lund | 
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| Piratebay's sovereign ambitions blasted | - | The Register | 17 Jan 2007 | UK | Sealand | 
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| At Venice Biennale, Artists Plant Flag for Their State (of Mind) | Randy Kennedy | The New York Times | 9 Jun 2007 | USA | Elgaland-Vargaland | 
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| Court denies couple marriage: 'your country does not exist' | James Savage | The Local | 10 Dec 2007 | Sweden | Bjorn | 
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| Urban prince poised for win over council | Matthew Benns | The Sun Herald | 6 May 2007 | Australia | Wy | 
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| One country, under me | Colleen Mastony | The Chicago Tribune | 3 Jul 2008 | USA | Molossia, New Atlantis, Sealand, Hutt River, Lovely |  
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| In line for the royal treatment | Barry O'Brien | The Sunday Mail | 8 Jun 2008 | Australia | Hutt River | 
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| Nev. man's 'micro-nation' bans Texas goods | - | UPI | 1 Sep 2008 | USA | Molossia | 
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| Carshalton home declares itself independent state | Kevin Barnes | Sutton Guardian | 22 Jan 2009 | UK | Austenasia | 
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| Europe's Popular Micronations | Bruno Maddox | Travel + Leisure | April 2009 | ? | Seborga, Romkerhall | 
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| Hail, Freedonia (Except For The Part About The Killings) | Blake Whitaker | Houston Press | 21 Jul 2009 | USA | Freedonia | 
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| "Bring back kingdom" says Dom | David Seymour | Horncastle News | ? Sep 2009 | UK | Old Rectoryland | 
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| Principessa Yasmin chiede Seborga a Giorgio Napolitano | Carlo Alessi | San Remo News | 27 Nov 2009 | Italy | Seborga | 
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| A nation in our midst | Darren Snyder | Mudgee Guardian | 3 Feb 2010 | Australia | Snake Hill | 
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| God Save the King | Jessen O'Brien | The College | 25 Feb 2010 | USA | Kemetia | 
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| Delegates make it regal at summit | Phil Mercer | The National | 18 Apr 2010 | UAE | Snake Hill, Atlantium, Lavalon | 
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| A man's Hutt is his castle | Alex Macbeth | The Age | 24 Apr 2010 | Australia | Hutt River, Sealand, Christiania, Whangamomona, Lovely, Aerica, Ibrosia, British West Florida, North Dumpling, Molossia, Coral Sea Islands, Atlantium | 
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| Fed up with your country? Create your own! | Kristen Gelineau (AP) | Forbes Magazine | 3 May 2010 | USA | Atlantium, Dubeldeka, Wy, Hutt River, Molossia, Redonda, Coral Sea Islands | 
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| Kus asub Atlantiumi riik? | Lisa Järjehoidja | ELU 24 | 3 May 2010 | Estonia | Atlantium, Dubeldeka, Wy, Molossia, Sealand | 
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| Tässä on Atlantiumin kuningaskunta - katso kuvat! | AP | Ilta-Sanomat | 3 May 2010 | Finland | Atlantium, Wy, Sealand, Molossia | 
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| The world's micronations unite to demand recognition | Nick Squires | The Daily Telegraph | 4 May 2010 | UK | Snake Hill, North Dumpling, British West Florida, Wy, Hutt River, Sealand, Molossia, Seborga, Coral Sea Islands, Atlantium | 
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| Couple declare independence for their 'Islonia' home | Neil MacPhail | The Press and Journal | 15 May 2010 | UK | Islonia | 
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| A world of their own | Mark Dapin | The Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend | 15 May 2010 | Australia | Atlantium, Lavalon, Camside, Caledonia, Bucksfan | 
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| Happy and glorious | Mark Dapin | The Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend | 22 May 2010 | Australia | Atlantium, Lavalon, Snake Hill, United Oceania, Australia | 
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| La nouvelle République, comme si on y était | - | Sud Ouest | 21 Jun 2010 | France | Boyard | 
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| Proclamation de l'Etat libre de la République du Boyard | Agnès Lanoëlle | Sud Ouest | 21 Jun 2010 | France | Boyard | 
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| Apartmanda kendi devletini kurdu | - | Milliyet | 27 Jul 2010 | Turkey | Atlantium | 
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| Canadian doc a quirky look at nation-building | Jessica Wong | CBC News | 11 Sep 2010 | Canada | Sealand, Seborga, Caroline | 
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| Sealand gives lordship to presenter Ben Fogle | - | Daily Gazette | 28 Sep 2010 | United Kingdom | Sealand | File:Sealand Daily Gazette UK 28092010.png |
| Rewards for Rebellion: Tiny Nation and Crown for Life | Norimitsu Onishi | The New York Times | 1 Feb 2011 | USA | Hutt River | File:Hutt River New York Times USA 28092011.png |
| Buchpräsentation: Offshore Census – Eine Mikronation auf Staatsbesuch in Berlin | - | Springer Architektur | 16 Feb 2011 | Austria | Sabotage | File:Sabotage Springer Architektur Austria 16022011.png |
| Christiania loses self-rule | - | The Copenhagen Post | 18 Feb 2011 | Denmark | Christiania | File:Christiania The Copenhagen Post Denmark 189022011.png |
| Princess Paula fights bank for 'embassy' | Leonie Lamont | The Age | 7 Mar 2011 | Australia | Snake Hill | File:Snake Hill The Age Australia 07032011.png |
| How to Start Your Own Country: A Primer | Tim Murphy | Mother Jones | 7 Mar 2011 | USA | Sealand, Seborga, Caroline, Molossia, North Dumpling, Hutt River | File:Various Mother Jones USA 07032011.png |
| New Coin for Empire of Atlantium | - | Australian Coin & Banknote Magazine | Jul 2011 | Australia | Atlantium | 
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