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10 Pence - Elizabeth II Common Frog, Colourised
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2022 - BU |
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Guernsey has long issued themed decimal coinage outside the UK's standard circulation program, operating under Crown Dependency status that grants full authority over its own currency while retaining the pound sterling as the unit of account. This 2022 colorized issue belongs to a wildlife series timed roughly to align with broader conservation awareness efforts across the Channel Islands, where the common frog has faced habitat pressure from agricultural drainage and the spread of chytrid fungus.
The colorization was applied post-strike, a process that disqualifies these pieces from most uncirculated registry sets but has driven steady collector demand in the novelty market since the 1990s.