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50 Dollars - Leonard I Supersaurus
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse description | At center, a stylized royal crown is depicted above a decorative horizontal band incorporating indigenous geometric motifs, within which the large numeral '50' appears prominently. The legend 'HUTT RIVER PROVINCE' arcs along the upper periphery, while 'FIFTY DOLLARS' is inscribed along the lower periphery. The legend 'NEW QUEENSLAND MINT' appears across the decorative band behind the numeral. |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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Hutt River Province was a self-declared micronation in Western Australia, established in 1970 when wheat farmer Leonard Casley seceded from Australia in a dispute over wheat production quotas. By the 1990s, the province had developed a substantial numismatic program — partly as a revenue stream, partly as an exercise in sovereign theater. This piece is among the heavier bullion issues from that program, nominally legal tender within a territory Australia never officially recognized.
Supersaurus was described from specimens excavated in Colorado's Morrison Formation, with its existence as a distinct genus confirmed only in 1985 — making this a relatively timely issue for paleontological subject matter.