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5 Dollars - Leonard I Alexander Cartwright, Essai
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1974-2020) |
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| Reverse description | Full-length portrait of Alexander Cartwright in period baseball attire, depicted in batting stance and facing left, set within a diamond-shaped double-line frame at centre. The surrounding circular legend reads FATHER OF BASEBALL at the top and ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT along the lower arc, each separated by small decorative dots. The birth and death years 1820 and 1892 appear flanking the lower portion of the central diamond frame, within the field. The design is executed in high relief against a polished field. |
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| Reverse lettering | FATHER OF BASEBALL ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT 1820-1892 |
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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.