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5 Dollars - Leonard I U.S. F4-G Phantom 'Wild Weasel' Jet Fighter
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1974-2020) |
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| Reverse description | Two U.S. F-4G Phantom 'Wild Weasel' jet fighters are depicted in flight, dominating the central field in dynamic perspective. The background features military hardware including tanks, naval vessels, and helicopters, evoking the theater of Operation Desert Storm. The upper field carries the bold commemorative legend 'DESERT STORM' flanked by decorative stars, while 'IN GOD WE TRUST' and 'LIBERTY' appear in the lower field. The initials 'HR' and the date '1991' are also present, identifying the issuer and year of issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | **** DESERT STORM **** IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY HR 1991 |
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Hutt River Province — the micronation declared unilaterally by Leonard Casley in Western Australia in 1970 after a dispute with the state government over wheat production quotas — issued a series of military aviation coins in the early 1990s that had no connection whatsoever to its own history or territory. The F-4G "Wild Weasel" variant was the dedicated Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses platform used extensively by the USAF, seeing its last major combat service during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the same year this coin was struck.
Hutt River's numismatic output was largely a revenue exercise. The province's "coins" circulated nowhere.