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1/2 Dollar - Charles III Royal Balcony Wave
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned right-facing effigy of King Charles III, rendered in high relief against a polished field, with naturalistic portrait detail including short hair and jacket collar. The engraver's initials 'DT' appear beneath the truncation. The surrounding legend reads 'CHARLES III · 2025 · SOLOMON ISLANDS' along the upper arc, with '· HALF DOLLAR ·' inscribed along the lower arc, all in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark Charles III's formal appearances during the 2023 Coronation, this piece belongs to a wave of Pacific-nation commemoratives that flooded the market in the months following the Westminster Abbey ceremony. The Solomon Islands, a Commonwealth realm with Charles as head of state, has become a prolific issuer of low-cost gold-plated iron commemoratives through third-party licensing arrangements — pieces manufactured almost entirely for the collector novelty market rather than any circulating monetary purpose.
Iron substrate coinage of this type corrodes readily if the plating is breached.