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Smittys

Silver dollar sized
REV
Hutt River Province
New Queesland mint
Five Dollar
Obv 1991
Desert Storm
Liberty
Flag & Jeep

Is this a "real" coin..?

tbirde56

NCLT from a self-declared 'independent' ranch in Western Australia.

Sapyx

The "New Queensland Mint" isn't even in Australia, but somewhere in California.

IIRC, these coins weren't actually issued by the "authority" of Hutt River Province, but a "renegade" con artist. I suppose he thought that, since Hutt River Province isn't a "real country" as far as most of the planet is concerned, no-one would really care if he made "spurious" HRP coins.

cladking

<< <i>The "New Queensland Mint" isn't even in Australia, but somewhere in California.

IIRC, these coins weren't actually issued by the "authority" of Hutt River Province, but a "renegade" con artist. I suppose he thought that, since Hutt River Province isn't a "real country" as far as most of the planet is concerned, no-one would really care if he made "spurious" HRP coins. >>



Wow!! You don't even have to take them somewhere for them to be worthless.

cladking

Of course, this does make it pretty unique in the world of coins.

Sapyx

<< <i>Of course, this does make it pretty unique in the world of coins. >>


Nah, it's something many 'pseudo-nations' have trouble with, particularly the more famous ones. The Prince of Sealand (a tennis-court-sized abandoned WWII gun tower off the coast of England) also has trouble with "pretending pretenders" who arrange for the issue and sale of coins without his authority. I mean, what can they do about it? Appeal to the laws of the land they claim to have seceded from?

Of course, "official" and "unofficial" coins all end up lumped together in the same listing in the Krause "Unusual World Coins" catalogue.