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100 Dollars - Leonard I
| Issuer | Principality of Hutt River |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of Prince Leonard I occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with detailed depiction of his shoulder-length hair. Two wheat or olive sprigs flank the effigy symmetrically on either side, their tips meeting below the bust. The legend PRINCE LEONARD is inscribed in raised Latin letters along the upper periphery, with the date 1976 positioned in the lower field beneath the portrait. A beaded border runs continuously around the inner rim of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Principality of Hutt River was proclaimed by Leonard Casley in 1970 after a dispute with the Western Australian government over wheat production quotas that threatened to bankrupt his farm. Casley exploited an obscure provision of imperial law — never successfully tested in court — to claim secession, and the Australian government's failure to formally challenge it in time left the declaration in a legal grey zone it never fully escaped.
This 1976 gold issue came early in Hutt River's numismatic program, which became the micronation's primary revenue stream within a few years of its founding.