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5 Dollars - Leonard I Charley Radbourne
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts an aerial view of a baseball diamond in full play, with multiple player figures shown at their respective positions across the infield and outfield. A grandstand with spectators is rendered along the left margin, conveying the atmosphere of a live game. The legend FATHERS OF BASEBALL V curves along the upper periphery in Latin script, while HUTT RIVER PROVINCE arcs along the lower periphery, both separated by a raised border. |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing bust portrait of Charles 'Old Hoss' Radbourn, the celebrated 19th-century baseball pitcher, depicted wearing a period baseball cap and displaying his characteristic walrus moustache. The numeral 5 appears in large format to the right of the portrait, accompanied by a small mint symbol. The legend CHARLEY RADBOURNE curves along the upper left periphery, while FIVE DOLLARS arcs along the lower border. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST and the date 1993 are inscribed in two lines within the left field. |
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Hutt River Province — officially the Province of Hutt River — was a micronation in Western Australia founded in 1970 when farmer Leonard Casley seceded from Australia in a dispute over wheat production quotas. Casley styled himself Prince Leonard I and issued coins, stamps, and passports for decades, operating with remarkable bureaucratic seriousness. This piece honors Charley Radbourne, the 19th-century American pitcher known for winning 59 games in the 1884 season for the Providence Grays — his connection to an Australian micronation's coinage being, to put it plainly, entirely unexplained by the historical record.