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5 Dollars - Leonard I U.S. Airborne Troops
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A prominent royal crown occupies the upper central field, beneath which a horizontal decorative band of indigenous geometric patterning extends across the coin's width, incorporating the large numeral '5' at center. The legend 'HUTT RIVER PROVINCE' curves along the upper rim, while 'NEW QUEENSLAND MINT' appears in a subsidiary legend below the crown. The denomination 'FIVE DOLLARS' is inscribed in bold relief along the lower field. |
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| Mintage | 1991 - - 1991 - Proof - |
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Hutt River Province — the self-declared micronation carved out of Western Australian farmland by Leonard Casley in 1970 following a dispute with the state government over wheat quotas — issued a sustained series of collector coins throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, largely targeting the novelty numismatic market. This piece honoring U.S. Airborne Troops falls squarely within that commercial phase, coinciding with post-Gulf War patriotic demand.
X#34 in the Krause unusual world coins catalog places it outside any recognized sovereign series.