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25 Dollars - Leonard I Automobile Centennial
| Issuer | Principality of Hutt River |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Diameter | 38.5 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a detailed relief representation of an early motor tricycle, evocative of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen of 1885, shown in three-quarter view with large spoked wheels clearly rendered. Two passengers are seated aboard the vehicle, one holding a parasol, capturing the spirit of pioneering motoring. The legend AUTOMOBILE CENTENNIAL arcs along the upper periphery in bold capital letters. Below the vehicle, the mint mark HR appears at lower center, with the date 1985 inscribed in large numerals beneath, all set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Principality of Hutt River was a micronation declared in 1970 by Leonard Casley, a wheat farmer in Western Australia who seceded from Australia in a dispute over wheat production quotas. By the mid-1980s, Casley — styling himself Prince Leonard I — had developed a modest but genuine numismatic program, issuing coins that circulated among collectors and visitors to the "province." The automobile centennial commemorated 100 years from the 1885 Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
Hutt River's issues are catalogued in the Krause Unusual World Coins series rather than the main World Coins volumes, reflecting their status as legal tender within a jurisdiction no government formally recognized.