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Canada
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It is from Hutt River in Australia but has US markings so is it Australian or US  
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United States
66910 Posts |
World Coins? 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11459 Posts |
Hutt River is a province in Australia that claims to be a sovereign micro-nation, but Australia disagrees.
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Pillar of the Community

United States
3813 Posts |
Numista classifies Hutt River Province as a micronation, along with Sealand, Seborga, and Lundy.
I suppose these would belong in world coins here at CCF.
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United States
66910 Posts |
Let us move it there and see what happens. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
783 Posts |
Some collect "Fantasy Coins"- Hutt River Province is a location that fits as well as a larger number of Fantasy Coins. In fact, there is a Fantasy Coin checklist, but there is so much of it nowadays, the checklist I used must be way out of date by now. It's not Australian or US at all.
Edited by Albert 11/20/2018 5:39 pm
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Pillar of the Community

United States
3813 Posts |
Different cataloging authorities seem to differ on fantasy/real coin status. Examples:
Numista Krause
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Micronation Unusual Hutt River Province
Micronation Unusual Seborga Principality
Micronation Unusual Sealand Principality
Micronation Unusual Lundy
Country Unusual Sovereign Order of Malta
Fantasy Sovereign Nation Creek Nation
Fantasy Sovereign Nation Shawnee Tribal Nation
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Pillar of the Community
United States
783 Posts |
Krause itself also moves coins first listed in the SCWC to the UWC catalogs. Call them Micro, Unrecognized, Unusual, Fantasy- Joel Anderson has a nice catalog with many of them.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4223 Posts |
Well that's a lot of info I didn't know about,
But I'm still not sure where to file this coin in my own records.
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Pillar of the Community

United States
3813 Posts |
In my collection, coins are physically filed by date, so it would go with the other 1991 coins. In the folder with coin pics, the filename would start with 1991_AU_Hutt_River_Province_-----. For example, the conventionally-illuminated obverse shot of my Hutt River coin is named: 1978_AU_Hutt_River_Province_20cents_1o_DPP_2018_02_22__0021_1.jpg
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4223 Posts |
Thanks pepactonius will work on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
783 Posts |
It's a fantasy coin, so to that end, why not collect more? They can be fun and interesting and you can fill a small binder with a lot of neat locations.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4031 Posts |
Mike, nice pick up. 
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Pillar of the Community

United States
3724 Posts |
Great add mcshilling. I love the Desert Storm side of the coin. 
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4223 Posts |
So if it's a $5 fantasy coin can it be used in Australia or any where for $5 ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
783 Posts |
doubtful if it's accepted as legitimate money, but I really do not know
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