10 Pence - Charles III Marsh Fritillary

Guernsey's wildlife definitive series, relaunched under Charles III, continues the format established during the Elizabeth II issues while updating the effigy. The marsh fritillary is one of Britain's most threatened butterflies, its decline driven largely by the abandonment of traditional hay meadow management — the precise agricultural shift that also reshaped Guernsey's own landscape over the latter half of the twentieth century.