One Puffin
An illegal coin, a puffin, which, as a collector's piece, could be bought for approximately 9s or 10s, is in the possession of a Greymouth manrtMr B. Bothwell Mr Bothwell acquired the coin 13 years ago in a Marlborough hotel, as mistaken change for a penny. The secretary of the Bank Education Service, Wellington. Mr F. H. Boyce, said the puffin was a bronze coin minted illegally by the owner of Lundy Island off the north coast of Devonshire :n 1929. He was subsequently fined for the offence On one side of the coin is a bead believed to be that of the then owner of Lundy Island On the other side, which figures the bird, the puffin, are inscribed the following words: “Lundy, one puffin."—(PA)
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29802, 19 April 1962, Page 20
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128One Puffin Press, Volume CI, Issue 29802, 19 April 1962, Page 20
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