Catalog
25 Dollars - Leonard I Automobile Centennial
| Issuer | Principality of Hutt River |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1974-2020) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features two kangaroos in dynamic bounding posture, a large adult kangaroo in the foreground and a smaller juvenile to the right, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field with sparse ground vegetation indicated beneath their feet. The legend HUTT RIVER PROVINCE arcs along the upper periphery in bold capital letters, with a raised dot separating the legend from the lower inscription. The denomination TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS curves along the lower arc, completing the circular border design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Principality of Hutt River was a micronation declared in 1970 by Leonard Casley, a wheat farmer in Western Australia who seceded from Australia in a dispute over wheat production quotas. By the mid-1980s, Casley — styling himself Prince Leonard I — had developed a modest but genuine numismatic program, issuing coins that circulated among collectors and visitors to the "province." The automobile centennial commemorated 100 years from the 1885 Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
Hutt River's issues are catalogued in the Krause Unusual World Coins series rather than the main World Coins volumes, reflecting their status as legal tender within a jurisdiction no government formally recognized.