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5 Dollars - Leonard I Battle of Guadalcanal
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic World War II combat scene is depicted in high relief across the central field, showing infantry soldiers advancing in the foreground with rifles, while a military tank dominates the middle ground amid tropical jungle vegetation. A ring of small stars borders the upper legend. The inscriptions IN GOD WE TRUST and LIBERTY appear in the lower field, with the date 1992 beneath. The arc legend WORLD WAR II spans the upper periphery. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Hutt River Province — the micronation declared unilaterally by Leonard Casley in 1970 after a dispute with the Western Australian government over wheat production quotas — issued a steady stream of commemorative coinage throughout the 1980s and 1990s, almost none of which saw genuine circulation. These pieces were produced primarily for the collector and souvenir market, with X# catalog numbers reflecting their status outside mainstream numismatic recognition.
The Battle of Guadalcanal, fought August 1942 through February 1943, was among the Pacific War's most decisive engagements. Hutt River's connection to the subject is purely commemorative opportunism — a micronation with no military history issuing a coin marking a battle fifty years prior.