5 Dollars - Leonard I U.S. F-18 'Hornet' Jet Fighter

Hutt River Province — the micronation declared by Leonard Casley in 1970 after a dispute with the Western Australian government over wheat production quotas — issued a stream of novelty coinage throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s targeting the collector market rather than any functional currency need. These pieces circulated nowhere and were priced well above face value from the moment of issue. The F/A-18 Hornet had entered Royal Australian Air Force service in 1984, replacing the Mirage III, which likely supplied the topical hook for this particular release.