http://cgi.ebay.com/1993-BILL-CLINT...9QQihZ009QQcategoryZ41107QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Thought this was a joke for a second, lol, before I realized that this was a legitimate coin from Hutt River Province (to the degree that such coins are legitimate). Never seen one of these before. Normally would lump this together with other countries' NCLT coins that commemorate something or someone having nothing to do with their own country, but this seems interesting for novelty value if nothing else.
Troodon,if you want it,then go ahead & buy it.If I had access to a credit card,I'd sign up to Ebay & bid on it myself,considering that the Hutt River Province Principality is a very interesting British Commonwealth country,as far as coins go.The HRPP$ is tied to the A$ at a ratio of 1:1.Don't go ahead & think that it is denominated in US$. Aidan.
Thinking about it. Would be a great conversation piece, that's for sure. If I could get it at the minimum bid would be worth it. Here's some info on the Hutt River Province: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutt_River_Province The Hutt River Province is not recognized as an independent nation by Australia, from which it seceded, the UN, the UK, or any other country in the world, so it can't truly be considered a country with the authority to issue legal tender coins by a strict numismatic definiton of "coins," but still are interesting novelites I guess. Will put in the minimum bid on this, but if I get outbid, oh well.
Troodon,here's a link to the H.R.P.P.'s official website; www.huttriver.net . A lot of information in that Wikipedia article is actually wrong. Aidan.
Such as? To the degree any information in it is easily verifiable haven't found anything in that article that is provably wrong. The official website of HRPP is hardly an unbiased source. Anyway didn't post this to argue the legitimacy or lack thereof of HRPP's claims to independence (which no government but their own recognizes), just wanted to post an intereseting coin. Seems to be heavily influenced by the Kennedy half dollar. When I first saw the coin, thought it was a novelty created as a parody of one. Still consider it a novelty even though it happens to be produced by an entity claiming to be an independent country, but as that, wouldn't mind having one. Just not going to call it a "coin."
None of them recognize Taiwan (Republic of China) either. (Because China considers them merely a rebelious province of Chinaand no one wants to offend the Chinese with all that market potential.) But I wouldn't call all of their coins "novelty pieces". What makes a country a country? Having to be recognized by another country? What created the first country if there were no other countries to recognize it?
Taiwan is IMO a different story; it is a member of APEC and the WTO and a couple of other international organizations. At least officially neither Beijing nor Taipei consider the PRC and Taiwan to be two separate countries. No, a country does not necessarily have to be recognized by any other country in order to be a country. Think of Transnistria for example - if some local authority there issues coins which are used/accepted by the population, who would say that such pieces are not actually coins? As for this Hutt River Province, well, if a country with a population of about 20 needs postal stamps, bank notes and coins, why not. And if somebody wants to collect them ... Christian
I have a 1964 Rhodesia proof set and that country was only recognized by South Africa then. Nice coins, anyway!
Willie,in 1964,Rhodesia was a British colony.It hadn't yet been declared independent.The Unilateral Declaration of Independence was declared on the 11th of November 1965.Here's a link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence . Rhodesia remained legally a British colony right up until 1980. Aidan.
