Saint Helena's Wildlife series occupies an odd corner of modern numismatics — the island itself has no native peacocks, and the series title "India Wildlife" makes the issuing authority essentially incidental, a licensing arrangement rather than a territorial connection. Saint Helena has served this function for decades, issuing coinage under British authority for collector markets with no pretense of local circulation.
The KM#97 assignment places this within a catalog sequence that expanded rapidly after 2015 as the island's issuing program grew in scope.
Saint Helena's Wildlife series occupies an odd corner of modern numismatics — the island itself has no native peacocks, and the series title "India Wildlife" makes the issuing authority essentially incidental, a licensing arrangement rather than a territorial connection. Saint Helena has served this function for decades, issuing coinage under British authority for collector markets with no pretense of local circulation.
The KM#97 assignment places this within a catalog sequence that expanded rapidly after 2015 as the island's issuing program grew in scope.