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10 Pence - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait, small type, magnetic
| Issuer | Saint Helena and Ascension |
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| Year | 2015-2022 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Two dolphins depicted in dynamic swimming poses occupy the central field, rendered in naturalistic relief with stylised wave lines suggesting motion through water; a larger dolphin appears in the foreground below, with a smaller dolphin leaping above and to the right. The numeral 10 is prominently displayed in the lower centre of the field, beneath which the denomination legend TEN PENCE curves along the lower rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Saint Helena shifted to nickel-plated steel for this issue as part of a broader cost-cutting move away from cupro-nickel, a transition made by numerous British Overseas Territories around this period following the Royal Mint's push to reduce production costs on lower-denomination circulation coinage. The island's extreme isolation — no airport existed until 2016 — meant coin deliveries arrived exclusively by ship, making the logistics of currency supply genuinely unusual among British territories.
KM#23a distinguishes the magnetic steel planchet from its cupro-nickel predecessor, the sole meaningful difference between the two issues.