Mayor Luca Sellari displays Filettino's own bank currency, the "Fiorito", at his office in Filettino
Mayor Luca Sellari displays Filettino's own bank currency, the "Fiorito", at his office in Filettino, 70 km (43 miles) east of Rome, August 29, 2011. Filettino, a small town in central Italy, is trying to go independent and mint its own money in protest against government austerity cuts. The town is rebelling against a proposal to merge the governments of towns with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants to save money. Filettino has only around 550 people, but instead of merging with neighbouring Trevi, Sellari is trying to go it alone and set up a "principality" along the lines of the famous republic of San Marino to the north. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (ITALY - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)