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5 Dollars - Leonard I Capture of Cherbourg
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Composition | Nickel silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic World War II battle scene commemorating the Capture of Cherbourg dominates the field, depicting military aircraft in flight above a townscape rendered in the background, with tank divisions and infantry soldiers advancing in the foreground. Thirteen five-pointed stars border the scene along the left and right periphery. The legend WORLD WAR II arcs prominently along the upper border, flanked by stars. In the lower left field, the motto IN GOD WE TRUST is inscribed alongside a V-for-Victory device, while LIBERTY and the date 1992 appear in the lower exergue. |
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Hutt River Province — the self-declared micronation in Western Australia founded by Leonard Casley in 1970 after a dispute with the state government over wheat quotas — produced coins largely for the collector and novelty market rather than any genuine circulation. The "Capture of Cherbourg" subject commemorates a D-Day related event, though Hutt River's connection to it is ceremonial at best, reflecting Casley's habit of issuing coins on topics of personal or historical interest regardless of jurisdictional relevance.
X#196 places this squarely in the Unusual World Coins catalog, the standard reference for micronation and fantasy issues.