Catalog
10 Cents - Leonard I
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1976-1978 |
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| Weight | 3.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Prince Leonard I facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair swept back. Two sprays of wheat flank the portrait symmetrically in the lower field, their tips meeting beneath the bust. The legend PRINCE LEONARD arcs along the upper periphery, while the date is inscribed in the lower exergual area between the wheat sprays. The design is framed by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Hutt River Province declared unilateral secession from Western Australia in 1970 after a dispute over wheat production quotas — Leonard Casley, a farmer who became "Prince Leonard I," issued his own coinage partly as a bureaucratic assertion of sovereignty and partly as a revenue stream through collector sales. These bronze pieces were never intended for meaningful circulation and were sold primarily to tourists visiting the property and through philatelic and numismatic mail-order channels.