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10 Shillings - Elizabeth II William I
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Second effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, bareheaded and draped bust facing right, as designed by Arnold Machin. The portrait is rendered in high relief within the square flan. The encircling legend reads 'BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY' with the date '1966' positioned in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 900th anniversary of the Norman Conquest, this was Guernsey's first commemorative decimal-adjacent coin — struck before the island formally decimalized in 1971. The timing was deliberate: Guernsey, as a Crown Dependency with deep Norman roots, had stronger historical claim to the occasion than Britain itself. The Duchy of Normandy connection is not merely ceremonial; Guernsey has never technically been part of the United Kingdom, and the anniversary carried genuine local weight.
KM#19 was struck at the Royal Mint, with a mintage just over 200,000 — modest by commemorative standards of the era.