Guernsey's wildlife coinage series has issued animal-themed 10 pence pieces sporadically since the 1980s, with individual designs assigned to specific fauna rather than rotating on a fixed schedule. The peacock attribution on this 2022 issue places it within a broader 2021–2022 refresh of the circulating decimal series, coinciding with updated effigy coinage across several British Crown Dependencies following the late reign portrait updates for Elizabeth II — one of the final coin programs to carry her likeness before her death in September 2022.
Guernsey's wildlife coinage series has issued animal-themed 10 pence pieces sporadically since the 1980s, with individual designs assigned to specific fauna rather than rotating on a fixed schedule. The peacock attribution on this 2022 issue places it within a broader 2021–2022 refresh of the circulating decimal series, coinciding with updated effigy coinage across several British Crown Dependencies following the late reign portrait updates for Elizabeth II — one of the final coin programs to carry her likeness before her death in September 2022.