10 Pence - Charles III Whorl Snail

Guernsey has issued its own coinage independently of the Royal Mint since the 19th century, with the States of Guernsey retaining the right to produce distinctive local issues even as the island uses British sterling interchangeably. The 2025 wildlife series continues a long Guernsey tradition of using native fauna to differentiate its coinage from mainland British issues — the whorl snail, a small land mollusk sensitive to chalk grassland habitats, has seen significant population pressure across the Channel Islands from agricultural intensification.