10 Pence - Elizabeth II Small Tortoiseshell

Guernsey has long issued thematic coinage outside the standard UK series, retaining the right to produce its own currency despite using pound sterling at parity. This 2022 butterfly issue belongs to a broader run of Guernsey wildlife definitive coinage that replaced earlier circulation types, though pieces of this kind rarely see genuine pocket use on the island given the dominance of electronic payment and mainland UK coinage in daily transactions.