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5 Dollars - Leonard I North African campaign
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | A heraldic crown occupies the upper portion of the obverse above a decorative horizontal band featuring interlaced geometric and floral native motifs. The numeral '5' is prominently displayed in the field below the band, with the spelled denomination FIVE DOLLARS inscribed along the lower arc. The legend HUTT RIVER PROVINCE curves along the upper periphery, while NEW QUEENSLAND MINT appears on a ribbon across the decorative band. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Hutt River Province — the self-declared micronation on a Western Australian wheat farm — issued commemorative coinage throughout the 1980s and 1990s with some regularity, marketing them primarily to collectors rather than any functioning economy. This piece honors the North African campaign of World War II, a subject entirely disconnected from Hutt River's own history, chosen for its collector appeal rather than any local significance.
Leonard Casley, who styled himself Prince Leonard I after a 1970 dispute with the Australian government over wheat quotas, signed the relevant proclamations himself.