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10 Pence - Charles III Lapwing
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned right-facing effigy of King Charles III occupies the central field, rendered in moderate relief after the portrait by Glyn Davies. The peripheral legend reads CHARLES III • BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY arcing across the upper portion of the obverse, with the engraver's initials GD positioned below the truncation. The date 2023, flanked by two pellets, appears along the lower rim, completing the circular inscription. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guernsey's wildlife coinage series has issued animal-themed reverses intermittently since the 1980s, but the lapwing selection is pointed — the bird has undergone steep population collapse across the British Isles over the past half-century, largely due to agricultural intensification and drainage of wetland habitat. Guernsey itself hosts only a handful of breeding pairs in any given year.
KM#485 is struck in nickel plated steel, the composition adopted across Guernsey's base coinage following the broader shift away from cupro-nickel that accompanied rising metal costs in the early 2020s.