Catalog
10 New Pence - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 1968-1971 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | S·BALLIVIE·INSVLE·DE·GERNEREVE (Translation: The Bailiwick of the Island of Guernsey) |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Guernsey's decimal coinage was introduced ahead of the UK's own decimalization in February 1971, making these early issues part of a transitional period when the island ran parallel currency systems. The 1968 date places the first strikes a full three years before Britain completed the switch, a deliberate move by the States of Guernsey to give islanders time to familiarize themselves with the new denominations before the mainland caught up.