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<p>[QUOTE="wyvern, post: 1972620, member: 42577"]lundy is an island in the Bristol channel off the coast of devon.</p><p>it was owned by martin coles Harman who thought because it was outside of british territorial waters he could issue his own coins,he was charged and found guilty in a long trial,he was fined the small sum of five pounds but the cost of his defence was very expensive.</p><p>it was eventually bought by union jack heyward who gave it to the nation in the form of the national trust,</p><p>a lovely place which can and is a tourist attraction.just a few holiday cottages and a pub,many sheep and plenty of puffins which are doing very well at the moment.</p><p>the coin shown is an half puffin.no great value my book very fine £5,but a very good buy at 10 cents--well done[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wyvern, post: 1972620, member: 42577"]lundy is an island in the Bristol channel off the coast of devon. it was owned by martin coles Harman who thought because it was outside of british territorial waters he could issue his own coins,he was charged and found guilty in a long trial,he was fined the small sum of five pounds but the cost of his defence was very expensive. it was eventually bought by union jack heyward who gave it to the nation in the form of the national trust, a lovely place which can and is a tourist attraction.just a few holiday cottages and a pub,many sheep and plenty of puffins which are doing very well at the moment. the coin shown is an half puffin.no great value my book very fine £5,but a very good buy at 10 cents--well done[/QUOTE]
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