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10 Pence - Charles III Twelve Days of Christmas - Seven swans swimming
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III • BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY GD • 2023 • |
| Reverse description | The central field features a colorized vignette depicting seven white swans in a swimming arrangement, rendered in a naturalistic illustrative style with orange-yellow bills highlighted in color. The swans are clustered in a dynamic group occupying most of the coin's field. The denomination legend TEN PENCE appears in raised letters along the upper periphery in an uncolored, milled-finish area above the vignette. |
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Guernsey's fiscal autonomy from the United Kingdom allows the States of Guernsey to issue its own coinage independently of the Royal Mint, a right it has exercised since the 19th century. This piece belongs to a twelve-coin series mapping each gift from the traditional carol onto a circulating denomination — a format Guernsey has leaned on repeatedly to generate collector revenue from its small but legally distinct monetary system.
The carol itself is generally dated to an 1780 publication in "Mirth Without Mischief," though claims of earlier French origins remain unresolved among musicologists.