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5 Dollars - Leonard I Judge Landis
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1974-2020) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Facing slightly left, a detailed portrait bust of Kenesaw Mountain 'Judge' Landis, first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, occupies the central field. The subject's strongly modelled facial features, swept hair, and open collar are rendered in high relief. The legend JUDGE LANDIS arcs across the upper field, while FIVE DOLLARS curves along the lower rim. To the left of the portrait, the motto IN GOD WE TRUST and the date 1993 appear in two stacked lines; to the right, the large numeral 5 is accompanied by a small mint or issuer symbol. |
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| Additional information |
Hutt River Province — formally the Principality of Hutt River — was a self-declared micronation in Western Australia, established in 1970 by Leonard Casley after a dispute with the state government over wheat production quotas. Casley styled himself Prince Leonard I. The "Judge Landis" designation on this piece almost certainly references Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the American jurist and first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, though why a Western Australian micronation was issuing coins in his name in 1993 is not documented in any source this cataloger has been able to verify with confidence.