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5 Dollars - Leonard I Battered Bastards of Bastogne
| Issuer | Hutt River Province |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a large ornate royal crown rendered in high relief at center, displayed above a decorative horizontal band with intricate geometric and foliate patterning. The legend HUTT RIVER PROVINCE arcs along the upper rim, while NEW QUEENSLAND MINT appears inscribed on a raised ribbon across the central band. The denomination FIVE DOLLARS is boldly rendered in large numerals and lettering below the decorative band, with the numeral 5 prominently displayed. The overall design is clean and heraldic in style, with the crown serving as the principal device in the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Hutt River Province, the micronation declared unilaterally by Leonard Casley in 1970 after a dispute with the Western Australian government over wheat quotas, produced a steady stream of numismatic issues throughout the 1980s and 1990s — most aimed squarely at the collector market rather than any pretense of circulation. This piece commemorates the "Battered Bastards of Bastogne," the encircled American 101st Airborne Division during the December 1944 siege, made famous by Brigadier General McAuliffe's one-word reply to the German surrender demand: "Nuts."
Hutt River's coin program was sufficiently organized to earn World Coin catalog listings, though the province itself was dissolved in 2020 when Casley, then in his nineties, shut it down citing tax liabilities.