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5 Cents - Leonard I
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1976-1978 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the coat of arms of the Principality of Hutt River, featuring an eagle displayed holding a balance, rendered in heraldic style. The legend HUTT RIVER PROVINCE arcs around the upper periphery, punctuated by raised dots as separators, while the denomination FIVE CENTS appears in the lower field below the shield. |
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Hutt River Province declared secession from Western Australia in 1970 after a dispute over wheat production quotas — Leonard Casley, a farmer who became "Prince Leonard I," exploited an obscure constitutional provision and never faced successful legal challenge to his claim. These aluminium pieces were issued as functioning provincial currency, part of a broader effort to assert the trappings of statehood, though Australia never recognized them as legal tender.