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25 Dollars - Leonard I U.S. Desert Patrol Vehicle
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | HUTT RIVER PROVINCE NEW QUEENSLAND MINT 25 TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hutt River Province — the self-declared micronation in Western Australia founded by Leonard Casley in 1970 following a dispute with the state government over wheat quotas — issued a sustained run of collector-oriented silver coins throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, primarily targeting the novelty numismatic market. These pieces carried no monetary function in any recognized jurisdiction and were struck under contract by private mints rather than any sovereign authority.
The Desert Patrol Vehicle subject places this issue squarely in the Gulf War commemorative wave of 1991, a theme exploited by numerous minor and micronational issuers that year.