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25 Dollars - Leonard I Centennial of the Statue of Liberty
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse description | Two kangaroos bounding to the left occupy the central field, rendered in high relief with fine detail; a large adult kangaroo dominates the composition, with a smaller juvenile kangaroo depicted behind and below it. The circumferential legend is divided into two arcs, reading 'HUTT RIVER PROVINCE' along the upper border and 'TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS' along the lower border, both in raised Latin lettering against the mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hutt River Province declared independence from Australia in 1970 after a dispute over wheat production quotas, and by the 1980s its "government" had developed a cottage industry in numismatic issues marketed to collectors rather than any actual circulating economy. The Statue of Liberty centennial gave dozens of issuers worldwide a convenient hook in 1986, and Leonard Casley — who styled himself Prince Leonard I — was not one to miss it.
No meaningful circulation ever occurred. These were struck for the collector market from the outset.