Wondering About The Creature On This Coin

your post was called creature on the coin
then you asked about the animal on the coin

Since the reverse has been described.
you need to know about the creature on the obverse

She be:

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. However, she is more directly involved with the United Kingdom, where the Royal Family resides, and the Monarchy is historically indigenous.

Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where she is represented by Governors-General. The sixteen countries of which she is Queen are known as Commonwealth Realms, and their combined population is 128 million.

With my apologies to all Royal lovers including myself

Thanks to one and all. I appreciate the information about both creatures!

- Sam

These gliders are rarely seen as they are nocturnal, add this to the fact that their body is only about 7 cm long, & tail is about another 7cm, it's a wonder they were ever discovered.

When my family of resident ring-tail possums gallop around my iron roof, they sound like they've got clod-hoppers on. I'm pretty bemused as to why they are attracted to roofs as there is nothing growing anywhere near mine that would attract them, but every night they arrive to do their calisthenics.

I had a possum box put in a tree which they've moved into, but they still can't give up the roof obsession.

They're both "flying possums", but are different species:

From Wikipedia:
Sugar Glider - Petaurus breviceps, 16-20cm long, have become popular in recent years as pets (though not in Australia, where keeping native mammals of any kind as pets is illegal).

Feathertail Glider - Acrobates pygmaeus, 6-8cm long, not noted for being domesticatable.

Sap:

Thanks for your very complete, and interesting answers.

I appreciate it!!

Quite right, Peter. From the Wikipedia articles on Jersey and Guernsey:

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Elizabeth II's traditional title as head of state is that of Duke of Normandy, but she does not hold that title formally.
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The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy. In the islands, Elizabeth II's traditional title as head of state is Duke of Normandy.

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As far as the modern coins of the islands are concerned, she is simply named "Elizabeth II" on Guernsey coins, but on Jersey coins she is styled "Queen Elizabeth the Second".