Collector Coins of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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A gold 4 pound collector coin of 2006, featuring penguins.

[Deeman]

Unusual choice of penguin for the £4 coin. I don't think Rockhopper penguins reside on South Georgia nor the South Sandwich Islands.

Chinstrap, Gentoo, Macaroni and King are found on South Georgia, and the first two are found on the South Sandwich Islands.

Also the Rockhopper shown looks like the Northern Rockhopper which is found on Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

[<k>]

Another potential numismatic error, then. It'll probably put you off buying it.   Does this indicate a lack of research on the part of the designer? Or was he/she just told the species to illustrate? And did the issuer care anyway, as long as they made their money?

So what inspired you to look up those details, Deeman? Did you already know about these matters before your interest in penguin coins?

[Deeman]

Another potential numismatic error, then. It'll probably put you off buying it.   Does this indicate a lack of research on the part of the designer? Or was he/she just told the species to illustrate? And did the issuer care anyway, as long as they made their money?

It is somewhat typical of some Pobjoy Mint issues - poor research.

So what inspired you to look up those details, Deeman? Did you already know about these matters before your interest in penguin coins?

I find it useful to read up on subjects pertaining to coins issued for nations within my sphere of interest where the topic has a potential relevance to the issuing nation.
I have given up on the junk issues of Gibraltar, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

[<k>]

So the coins came first, then the research. That way ones does learn some interesting facts that one would probably never have encountered otherwise.