1965 Puffin KM-Tn6 Nickel-Brass PR64 认证号49881913, PCGS号458285

Lundy 1 Puffin KM-Tn6 Nickel Brass. The Island of Lundy, in the Bristol Channel off the west coast of England was purchased by Martin Coles Harman in 1925. In 1929 Harman had a private company mint bronze "half puffin" and "one puffin" coins with his portrait on the obverse and a Puffin on the reverse. A puffin was chosen because the islanders had a long history of bartering puffin feathers for food and other commodities. Harman declared a Puffin was equal to a British penny and began issuing the coins to the island's 40 residents and visitors. The English government quickly sued Harman for minting unofficial currency. At the trial he was fined 5 pounds and ordered to stop distribution. Mr. Harman died in 1954. The coins were struck again with slightly modified designs and updated dates in 1965, 1977 (upon Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the island), and 2011, by the John Pinches medal engraving company as commemorative or fantasy tokens not intended for circulation. The 1965 coins were struck in proof sets, in bronze and nickel-brass (3,000 sets), and gold (25 coins). The Pinches company was acquired by the Franklin Mint in 1969.