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100 Dollars - Leonard I Discovery of Hawaii
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of Prince Leonard I of Hutt River Province, depicted with shoulder-length hair in a plain unadorned style. Two wheat or olive sprigs flank the portrait symmetrically on either side, extending from the lower field. The legend PRINCE LEONARD arcs along the upper periphery within the beaded border, while the date 1978 appears prominently in the lower field beneath the bust. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hutt River Province — officially the Principality of Hutt River — declared independence from Australia in 1970 after a wheat quota dispute between farmer Leonard Casley and the Western Australian government. Casley invoked an obscure provision of imperial law to secession, proclaimed himself Prince Leonard I, and spent decades issuing stamps, passports, and coinage that no recognized government ever accepted as legal tender.
This 1978 gold issue commemorating the "Discovery of Hawaii" is a curiosity even within that eccentric output — the connection between a micro-nation in Western Australia and the Hawaiian islands remains largely a promotional one.