This page features information sites about micronations and their collectibles in general. If you wish to contact a certain banknote-issuing micronation, please check the directory page here.
Atlantic Bank Note Company is a private enterprise specializing in professional banknote designing and printing for small communities and micronations alike. Its principal designer, Mr. Thomas Stebbins, is a talented banknote artist, who has helped design banknotes for various micronations around the globe - Amandium, Atlantium, Reunion, etc. While ABNC does not accept new orders at the moment, its portfolio, the online Gallery of Banknote Art, can still be viewed on its official website, which includes the majority of the banknotes designed by the company.
Bannesled's MicroIndex is an enormous list of micronational websites that was maintained by the Kingdom of Bannesled. The index so far includes 547 micronations, the vast majority of which were active around the turn of the new millennium and already became defunct by the end of 2000s, thus making the index almost a time capsule. I have utilized and relied on this index greatly when I first encountered micronationalism in 2009, even though it does not seem to be updated any more following the disappearance of its host on the Internet.
Chiefa Coins is an online database of Mr. Haseeb Naz's personal coin collection. With a focus on coins of the Arab League, the database also has three sections featuring interesting coins from micronations, alternative currencies, as well as other private and fantasy issues. Aside from the high-resolution pictures of these coins, the website also offers some brief but interesting introductions to the micronations that issue them.
Elleore.de is a very special and informative website that concentrates on the Danish micronation of Elleore. It is maintained by Mr. Bernhard Lürßen, a wonderful and serious collector of Elleore-related memorabilia from Hannover, who has compiled a comprehensive collector's catalog of all stamps, coins, and banknotes issued by this micronation (which can be viewed on this website). Apart from its currency and stamps, the website also presents the history of the kingdom in great detail, accompanied by numerous official documents and press articles that might be of interest to other collectors in this field.
Finanzmuseum Gartenspartenkirchen is a digital museum of currencies and stamps exclusively dedicated to German-speaking simulationist micronations (details about these Mikronationen can be found here). Established by Freistaat Fuchsen - one of the most influential MNs among them, the museum is an interesting database documenting this particular world of micronations, which - despite their long and rich history - are relatively isolated from the mainstream English-speaking micronation society. It has to be noticed, however, that all of the items being presented in this museum are fictional, as the vast majority of these micronations do not engage with reality.
Imperial Collection presents the personal collection of stamps, currencies, and other ephemera of self-declared independent states from Imperator George II of Atlantium. The website is particularly abundant in information and pictures concerning collectible items from Australian micronation of Rainbow Creek as well as secessionist states such as Rif and Sedang.
Jezuss.nl is the homepage of Mr. Peter van Jezuss, an avid token collector from the Netherlands. The website displays a vast range of tokens and paper exonumia from a variety of backgrounds, including many issued by micronations. Peter has helped me especially in terms of locating information regarding the dissolved Principality of Kaageiland located in the Dutch city of Kaag.
Les Billets du Monde presents Mr. Hervé Davanceau's personal banknote collection. Apart from an impressive collection of macronational banknotes, the website also displays a number of banknotes issued by micronations, e.g., those of Antnapolistan and Kamberra.
Microfreedom Index founded by Mr. Steven F. Scharff of the Principality of Nova Arcadia is a collection of links to active websites concerning micronations and other new country projects. While the website has become inactive at the moment, it contains a rich record of Internet-based micronations founded in the 2000s, most of which have become inactive nowadays.
MicroMusée de la Philatélie Micronationaliste founded by Mr. Michel Vichat of the Anacratic Republic of Padrhom was the very initial inspiration for me to build a similar online gallery for my micronational banknote collection back in 2017. Affiliated with Poste padrhommiene, it is by far the most comprehensive website focused exclusively on stamps issued by micronations around the world, including rare ones that were issued prior to the invention of the Internet, as well as many others that are not documented elsewhere online.
Micronational & Fantasy Coins is a comprehensive numismatics-related website that discusses various coin-issuing micronations as well as their numismatic creations. It is hosted by Mr. Erik Victor McCrea, a wonderful friend of mine who used to collect unusual coins from micronations and other fantasy states, who has helped me greatly whenever I try to look for information on early and pre-Internet micronations. The website also presents two fantasy states created by Erik himself, Nichtsburg & Zilchstadt and L'île d'Héliopolis.
MicroWiki is currently the largest online encyclopedia about micronationalism. Most micronations, especially those founded during or after the 2010s, tend to have an introductory page on MicroWiki, and a relatively great number of micronations at this time even rooted from the wiki itself (known as the MicroWiki Sector).
Numismondo is one of the most comprehensive picture catalogs of paper money on the Internet. Maintained by Mr. Garry Saint Esquire from the US, it presents several fantasy issues that belong to micronations and other related entities, e.g., Landreth, Riviera, and Volcania. The website also records some beautiful banknote designs of the micronation of Zugesbucht, which were designed by Garry himself in 2012 and are currently looking for a qualified printer to proceed to final production.
Ultimate State of Tædivm is a fantasy state founded by a Danish numismatist, Mr. Chaim D. Shiboleth, who has not only designed a very creative inaugural coin for Tædivm, but also collected a wide range of interesting coins and banknotes from different unrecognized states and micronations, the catalog of which can be viewed here on the same website. In particular, this catalog displays a full array of coins, if not all that have been issued, from Damanhur, Lega Nord (Padania), and several other less famous unrecognized states.
Unrecognised States Numismatic Society (USNS) is the first and only numismatic group that exclusively concentrates on coins minted by unrecognized states, e.g., micronations, new country projects, rebel groups, etc. Founded by Mr. Oded Paz, the society maintains a coin library that can still be accessed through its archived website despite its current inactivity. It also hosts an online forum that contains much helpful information to collectors with similar interests.
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