10 Pence - Elizabeth II Scottish Wildcat

Guernsey has no legislative obligation to align its coinage with UK issues, and the States have used that autonomy aggressively since the 1970s to produce thematic series with no equivalent on the mainland. This Scottish Wildcat piece is part of a broader endangered species program — the wildcat population in Scotland is now estimated at fewer than 300 individuals, with interbreeding with domestic cats the primary driver of genetic collapse, not habitat loss alone.