10 Pence - Elizabeth II Puffin, Colourised

Guernsey has issued its own coinage separately from the UK since 1830, and the puffin has appeared on its 10 pence since the decimal series was introduced in 1971 — one of the more distinctive wildlife choices in British Channel Island coinage. The colourised variant of KM#395.1 is a collector-finish piece, not intended for general circulation, produced to extract additional revenue from the commemorative market rather than to meet any monetary need.