10 Pence - Charles III Lapwing

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.