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5 Dollars - Leonard I Silent Service
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A dramatic commemorative scene depicting Operation Desert Storm military assets across land, sea, and air. A surfacing submarine dominates the central field at an oblique angle, set against stylized explosive waves; in the background, a missile launch is visible near the upper rim. The lower register depicts warships, military helicopters, and jet aircraft in formation across the horizon. A row of five-pointed stars borders the left field, with the inscriptions 'IN GOD WE TRUST' and 'LIBERTY' to the right, the latter surmounted by a Victory 'V' device. The legend 'DESERT STORM' arcs boldly along the upper rim, and the date '1991' appears in the lower exergue. |
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Hutt River Province, the micronation founded by Leonard Casley in 1970 after a dispute with the Western Australian government over wheat quotas, issued coins primarily as collectibles and revenue instruments rather than circulating currency. The "Silent Service" title almost certainly references submarine warfare commemoration — a recurring theme in late Cold War-era micronational and Pacific island collector coinage, where licensing deals with outside minting agencies drove the subject matter more than any local connection.
Casley, who styled himself Prince Leonard I, maintained Hutt River's claimed sovereignty for fifty years until dissolving it in 2020 under tax debt pressure.