Week # 162 Puffin & Half Puffiin

[Melissa Pearce]

QUESTION:

 

What principality issued coins in the denominations of Puffin and Half Puffin?

 

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Edited by Melissa (05/13/05 04:02 PM)

 

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[midwest]

Lundy and and sure I don't win this week.

[midwest]

let me restate that.If I was the first go on to the next person.

[whoopig01]

Canada

[gmarguli]

Lundy

[whoopig01]

Lundy

[RGT]

Lundy

[TJ]

Lundy

[prooflike]

birmingham

[TaZ]

Lundy?

[BankNote1]

If I am not to late it was Lundy!

[Hoot]

Lundy Island under the ownership of Martin Coles Harman of GBR

 

Hoot

[melmcbee]

Lundy Island off of England. The owner Harman felt it was 'a self-governing dominion of the British Empire recognising King George as its head'

. He printed Lundy stamps and issued Lundy coins with his own head on them. This led to a court case in 1931 which Harman lost. In the same spirit, he also designed and flew Lundy flags.

[midijab-migration]

Principality of Lundy Island

[SHM]

The puffin and half puffin were issued by Martin Coles Harmon, owner of Lundy, a small island in the Bristol Channel about 11 miles off England's Devonshire coast, as local coinage in 1929.

[BBTOYMAN-migration]

Lundy, a small island in the Bristol Channel about 11 miles off England's Devonshire coast.

[reid1836]

Minted in Birmingham, England for Lundy Island.

[JamminJ]

Lundy

[Elbesaar]

Lundy Island

[Wihlborg]

Lundy

 

John

[chrisfuccione]

Lundy. Here is some infomation I pulled up off the internet.

 

The Puffins of Lundy

This coin helped defeat the independence claims of the proprietors of Lundy, a small island in the Bristol Channel about 11 miles off England's Devonshire coast. The island had traditionally asserted its independence from England, and its owner, Martin Coles Harmon, brought the matter to a head by issuing local coinage.

 

In 1929, Harmon had 50,000 coins in each of two denominations minted in Birmingham and put them into circulation on Lundy. The coins were the Puffin and the Half Puffin, named for the aquatic birds that nested in large numbers on the island. Devonshire authorities reacted by charging Harmon with infringement of the Coin Act of 1870, a charge that was valid only if England had jurisdiction over Lundy. Thus, rather than a simple determination of culpability in a coinage charge, the case became an inquiry into jurisdiction.

 

On Lundy, no taxes or duties were levied by England; inhabitants did not collect British pensions; and British officials landed on the island only with the permission of the owner. Harmon stated, to the amusement of the court, that disputes on the island were settled by the 'heavy hand' of his Agent who stood six feet four inches tall and weighed more than 250 pounds.

 

Harmon lost his court case when the county court justices ruled that England did indeed have jurisdiction and that he was therefore guilty of the infringement charge; his fine was five pounds and his costs 15 guineas. He subsequently appealed the ruling to the High Court of Justice, King's Bench, but England's jurisdiction over Lundy was again upheld and Harmon's appeal dismissed.

 

This Half Puffin is struck in bronze and is slightly smaller than a 25-cent piece. The bird appears on the reverse of both the Puffin and Half-Puffin pieces. The obverse shows a portrait of Harmon, his name, and the date 1929.

 

The coin is part of the National Currency Collection at the Bank of Canada.

 

Photography by James Zagon.

 

 

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/review/revcovers97.htm

[CarolinaCollector]

Channel island -- Lundy. Puffin is a sea bird.

[Melissa Pearce]

QUESTION:

 

What principality issued coins in the denomiations of Puffin and Half Puffin?

 

ANSWER:

 

Lundy Island

 

 

Congratulations Midwestcoin13!!! You had the first correct response. You will be receiving an April Census book.

 

Congratulations Midijab! You are the runner up winner this week. You will be receiving a display box.

 

 

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