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1 Penny - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait, magnetic
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 1992-1997 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a large edible crab (Cancer pagurus) rendered in fine naturalistic detail, viewed from above with claws extending outward and downward toward the lower field. The numeral 1 appears in the exergue beneath the crab. The circumferential legend ONE PENNY arcs across the upper portion of the coin, with the date of issue positioned to the right, all within a plain border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE PENNY 1 |
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Guernsey switched from copper-plated zinc to copper-plated steel for this denomination sometime in the early 1990s, the magnetic core being the only reliable way to distinguish the two without laboratory analysis. The changeover was driven by production economics rather than any monetary policy decision. KM#40a exists precisely because catalogers needed a way to separate the two physically identical types.