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10 Pence - Elizabeth II Wood Mouse, Colourised
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | Fifth definitive effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem with draped robes. The legend encircles the portrait within the coin's field, identifying the monarch and issuing authority. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guernsey has operated with considerable autonomy in its coinage decisions since the Coinage Act of 1969 formalized its right to issue independent decimal currency, and the island has leaned heavily into wildlife and nature themes as a commercial differentiator in the collector market. The colourised wood mouse issue is squarely aimed at that audience — a circulating denomination given collector treatment through applied pigment, a process that disqualifies most examples from serious numismatic consideration but sells consistently to thematic buyers.
The wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, is genuinely native to the Channel Islands.