Catalog
5 Dollars - Leonard I Alexander Cartwright, Essai
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hutt River Province — the self-declared micronation established by Leonard Casley in Western Australia in 1970 after a dispute with the state government over wheat production quotas — issued its own coinage as part of a broader assertion of sovereignty. These essai pieces were never intended for circulation and exist purely as collector artifacts, produced in limited numbers to satisfy numismatic demand rather than any functional monetary need. The "Leonard I" styling reflects Casley's self-conferred royal title.
X# references in Krause catalog designations denote non-circulating or fantasy issues, which is precisely what this is.