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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moneyer12, post: 1089922, member: 28233&quot;]the coin also has political undertones as coles-harmon was the owner of lundy, which is in the bristol channel, at the time and he wanted greater autonomy because of this so he issued two coins the puffin as pictured and the half puffin, the denomination was derived from the fact the lundy island is home to a massive colony of the birds. however the UK government declared the coins illegal and demanded that they be withdrawn from circulation, coles-harmon responded by naming the coins as tokens and therefore they weren&#039;t legal tender so the charge was eventually dropped. leaving us to collect these enigmatic coins/tokens to this day. the coin is definitely not a &quot;cinderella&quot; coin as it was certainly meant for circulation on the island. and in effect no collection of british ilses coins is complete without the lundy issues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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