Catalog
1/2 Puffin - Martin Coles Harman
| Issuer | Lundy |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Value | 1/2 Puffin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Martin Coles Harman purchased Lundy in 1925 and promptly issued bronze Puffins and Half-Puffins in 1929 — a move that earned him a prosecution under the Coinage Act 1870 and a £5 fine. The 1965 gold issue is an entirely different matter: struck as a commemorative following Harman's death in 1954, it was produced for collectors rather than any attempted parallel currency.
The Royal Numismatic Society catalogued the original bronze issue as a genuine attempt at local coinage; the gold pieces were never remotely that ambitious. Mintage figures for the 1965 issue remain poorly documented.