Guernsey 1-PENNY (KM40)¶
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Reverse CHANCRE CRAB
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Obverse Queen Elizabeth II
- Composition
- Bronze
- Country
- Guernsey
- Approx. Size
- 21mm
- Area
- Europe
- Animal Class
- Arthropods
- Species
- Chancre Crab
- KM#
- 40
This coin features a European Spider Crab, known locally in Guernsey as the "Chancre Crab" (pronounced SHANKer). This crab supports an important commercial fishery and is served as fine cuisine. So it seems strange they would call it a "chancre" which has a very unappetizing meaning.
Guernsey¶
- Area
- Europe
The Balliwick of Guernsey is an island (and several smaller isles) in the English Channel about 30km from the coast of France. The total area is less than 200 sq.km. with a population of 65,031 (2004). The islands are dotted with prehistoric megalithic tombs (dolmens) and stone monoliths (menhirs) which suggests that neolithic farmers lived here thousands of years ago. Militant monks from Normandy built here before the Norman conquest of 1066, and since that invasion Guernsey has belonged to Britain (except for a 5 year German occuption during WWII). In Guernsey, Queen Elizabeth II is not known as the Head of State, but rather as the Duke of Normandy. British acts of parliament do not apply to Guernsey, unless the parliament specifically names the island.
