Hutt River

ColinCMR · August 23, 2004 5:24PM

Does anyone know anything about the Hutt River Province?

FC57Coins · August 23, 2004 6:50PM

Here ya go

ColinCMR · August 24, 2004 5:34AM

Great thanks a lot!

lordmarcovan · August 24, 2004 7:00AM

What I wanna know is the story behind the seagull icon. I notice MadMarty has (or had) the same ones in his sig line.

earlwbollinger · August 24, 2004 8:09AM

Seagull?
I thought for sure that was an "Ebay" Snipe!

drjules · August 24, 2004 8:13AM

Aren't they from the Finding Nemo film

....mine...mine...

;-)

Askari · August 25, 2004 7:57AM

Yes, they're from "Finding Nemo."

ColinCMR · August 25, 2004 4:04PM

Yeah MadMarty had an army of them, they are from the Finding Nemo movie, pretty entertaining.

numismel · October 1, 2008 1:49PM

For many years I coordinated the coins issued by Hutt River Province, and a few years ago I visited there and met personally with Prince Leonard and Princess Shirley. Lovely people. The most famous issues were 45 different coins commemorating Operation Desert Storm. There is a great web site picturing all of the issues -- just google "Hutt River Province Coins" and you should find it.

Zoins · October 2, 2008 3:21PM

Here's a website with some Hutt River coins.

I also just found out that NGC grades their coins. Does PCGS grade Hutt River coins?

ColinCMR · October 3, 2008 11:55AM

Is the currency tied to the Australian dollar? Did any circulate?

Zoins · November 27, 2020 2:05PM

Thread Revival

@Zoins said:
Here's a website with some Hutt River coins.

I also just found out that NGC grades their coins. Does PCGS grade Hutt River coins?

The answer to the PCGS question is yes, PCGS does certify their coins.

Here's the Pop Report listing for Hutt River Province.

https://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail/hutt-river-province/2016/2016?t=5&p=PR&pn=1

This one's not mine, but I do have a few of their Desert Storm pieces I'm wanting to get slabbed now.

Zoins · November 27, 2020 2:07PM

@numismel said:
For many years I coordinated the coins issued by Hutt River Province, and a few years ago I visited there and met personally with Prince Leonard and Princess Shirley. Lovely people. The most famous issues were 45 different coins commemorating Operation Desert Storm. There is a great web site picturing all of the issues -- just google "Hutt River Province Coins" and you should find it.

Great to know about your involvement with these coins Mel!

Zoins · November 27, 2020 2:18PM

@FC57Coins said:
Here ya go

The Hutt River website is down

Here's the way I remember it:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080723111956/http://huttriver.net/

SFPanda · November 27, 2020 2:23PM

Here is a gold one:

Sapyx · November 29, 2020 1:16AM

The Hutt River website is down

Here's the way I remember it:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080723111956/http://huttriver.net/

The Hutt RIver Province has formally renounced their declaration of independence and reassimilated into Australia. ABC (Australia) news article from 3rd August 2020: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-03/hutt-river-province-dissolves-into-commonwealth/12518898

Australia never recognized Hutt River's independence. The current and former princes never paid Australian taxes since 1970, and having lost a court case arguing they didn't owe Australian taxes, the mounting tax bill finally bankrupted them.

This does, of course, mean "the book is closed" on future HRP issues; it is now possible, for anyone so inclined, to "collect a full set".

Unknown · November 29, 2020 3:53PM

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bidask · November 29, 2020 4:31PM

My souvenir

JBK · November 30, 2020 9:10PM

The only HRP coins I have are a 3 piece set of coins commemorating Bill Clinton's inauguration. There is a silver coin, a cupronickel coin, and a 1/10 ounce gold coin. I picked it up years ago on ebay from someone who was selling overstock/surplus/returns. I think the set coist me about $35, which was in the vicinity of bullion value. I sure wish I bought more back then.

JBK · November 30, 2020 9:11PM

That is amazing news about their "surrender". 50 years and then poof.

Zoins · December 1, 2020 12:45AM

@JBK said:
The only HRP coins I have are a 3 piece set of coins commemorating Bill Clinton's inauguration. There is a silver coin, a cupronickel coin, and a 1/10 ounce gold coin. I picked it up years ago on ebay from someone who was selling overstock/surplus/returns. I think the set coist me about $35, which was in the vicinity of bullion value. I sure wish I bought more back then.

Time to send them in for TrueViews!

Zoins · December 1, 2020 12:47AM

@Sapyx said:

The Hutt River website is down

Here's the way I remember it:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080723111956/http://huttriver.net/

The Hutt RIver Province has formally renounced their declaration of independence and reassimilated into Australia. ABC (Australia) news article from 3rd August 2020: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-03/hutt-river-province-dissolves-into-commonwealth/12518898

Australia never recognized Hutt River's independence. The current and former princes never paid Australian taxes since 1970, and having lost a court case arguing they didn't owe Australian taxes, the mounting tax bill finally bankrupted them.

This does, of course, mean "the book is closed" on future HRP issues; it is now possible, for anyone so inclined, to "collect a full set".

From the article:

The family was ordered to pay $3 million in income tax, penalties and interest to the ATO in 2017 after losing a Supreme Court battle.

In the US, the way around that is to simply claim you have no income, just huge losses!

Zoins · December 1, 2020 12:48AM

@bidask said:

My souvenir

Nice coin! Imagine having your own coins, including gold ones!

Hutt River

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