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1 Puffin - Martin Coles Harman Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Lundy |
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| Year | 1929 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bare-headed bust of Martin Coles Harman, proprietor of Lundy Island, depicted in high relief with naturalistic modelling of the facial features and short hair. The truncation of the neck is plain and unadorned. The circular legend MARTIN · COLES · HARMAN is disposed around the upper periphery, separated by raised dots, while the date 1929 appears in the lower field beneath the bust. The design is bordered by a continuous beaded inner circle set within a broad, flat rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | MARTIN · COLES · HARMAN 1929 |
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Martin Coles Harman purchased Lundy Island in 1925 and almost immediately set about issuing his own currency — a direct challenge to the Crown's monopoly on coinage. The 1929 Puffin issues landed him in court under the Coinage Act 1870, resulting in a fine of five pounds plus costs. This aluminium piece is an obverse trial from that original production run, predating the legal fallout and representing the working phase before Harman committed to a struck circulation issue.