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Guernsey Cows 2 Pence Bailiwick of Guernsey Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making

Guernsey Cows 2 Pence Bailiwick of Guernsey Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making

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Guernsey Cows 2 Pence Bailiwick of Guernsey Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making

Obverse: Crowned portrait right
Lettering: ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY
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Reverse:Guernsey cows
Lettering: TWO PENCE

Features
Issuer Guernsey
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1985-1990
Value 2 Pence
0.02 = 0.027 USD
Currency Pound (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition Bronze
Weight 7.12 g
Diameter 25.91 mm
Thickness 1.68 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 8757
References KM# 41

Wikipedia:
The Guernsey is a breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is fawn or red and white in colour, and is hardy and docile. Its milk is rich in flavour, high in fat and protein, and has a golden-yellow tinge due to its high β-carotene content.

The Guernsey was bred on the British Channel Island of Guernsey; it is first documented in the nineteenth century, and its origins are unknown. Cattle were brought to the island in the Middle Ages for draught work. It has been suggested that the Guernsey derives from cattle imported from the French mainland – brindled cattle from Normandy, and wheaten stock similar to the Froment du Léon of Brittany. There may also have been some influence from Dutch cattle in the eighteenth century. During that century large numbers of cattle were exported from the Channel Islands to England; some of them had previously been brought from France. Imports of French cattle to Guernsey were forbidden by law in 1819, but some importation of British cattle continued until 1877.

Exports of cattle and semen were for a while an important economic resource for the island, and in the early 20th century, a large number of Guernsey cattle were exported to the United States. The Guernsey breed is on the watch list maintained by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, with fewer than 2,500 annual registrations in the U.S. and an estimated global population less than 10,000 animals.

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