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5 Dollars - Leonard I Tommy McCarthy
| Issuer | Hutt River |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a detailed scene of a baseball game in progress, with multiple players shown in various fielding and batting positions on a diamond, with a grandstand filled with spectators rendered in low relief in the upper left background. The legend FATHERS OF BASEBALL curves along the upper periphery, while HUTT RIVER PROVINCE V follows the lower periphery, both separated by raised dot stops. The numeral V appears to the right of the central scene, referencing the fifth issue in the series. |
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| Obverse lettering | FATHERS OF BASEBALL V · HUTT RIVER PROVINCE · |
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Hutt River Province — formally the Province of Hutt River — was a self-declared micronation in Western Australia that broke from the Commonwealth in 1970 after a wheat quota dispute pushed farmer Leonard Casley to secession. It issued its own currency, passports, and stamps for decades. These coins were struck for collector sale rather than any functioning economy, a revenue model the province relied on heavily through the 1980s and 1990s.
Tommy McCarthy, honored here, was Casley's choice of title for himself as monarch — Leonard I — with "Tommy" a personal name used within the province's internal hierarchy.