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| 裏面の説明 | A naturalistically rendered Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) stands in three-quarter right-facing profile atop a rocky coastal ledge, its distinctive stocky form and broad bill depicted with fine feather detail. The bird occupies the central field against a plain background. The circular legend LUNDY · ONE · PUFFIN arcs along the upper and right periphery, with the inscription flanked by raised dots serving as word separators. A continuous beaded border frames the entire design. |
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Martin Coles Harman purchased Lundy Island in 1925 and almost immediately set about running it as a personal fiefdom, issuing these bronze puffins and half-puffins in 1929 as the island's official currency. The British government took a dim view of this. Harman was prosecuted under the Coinage Act 1870 and convicted in 1931, fined £5 plus costs — a verdict that effectively ended Lundy's monetary independence before it had properly begun.
The puffin denomination was pegged at a penny sterling, making the coinage functional rather than merely novelty. Surviving examples saw genuine circulation among the island's small resident population and visiting day-trippers before the conviction rendered them legally untenable.