Catalog
5 Dollars - Leonard I Albert Spalding
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse lettering | HUTT RIVER PROVINCE IN GOD WE TRUST 1992 1 oz .999 SILVER FIVE DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | Central design features a full-length figure of a baseball pitcher in mid-wind-up stance, set within a diamond-shaped cartouche evoking a baseball diamond. The birth and death years 1850 and 1915 flank the lower interior of the diamond. The legend FATHER OF BASEBALL arcs along the upper periphery, while ALBERT SPALDING curves along the lower periphery, all against a highly polished proof field. |
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Hutt River Province — formally the Principality of Hutt River — was a self-declared micronation in Western Australia, established in 1970 when farmer Leonard Casley seceded from Australia in a dispute over wheat production quotas. By the 1990s, Casley had styled himself Prince Leonard I and was issuing coins primarily as collectibles sold to tourists and curiosity-seekers, with no meaningful circulation economy behind them. The X# prefix in the reference confirms its World Coin catalog classification as a non-circulating local issue.
Albert Spalding's connection to this piece remains the specific hook — a commemorative pairing of the Prince with the American sporting goods magnate and baseball promoter, whose 1888 world baseball tour briefly touched Australia.