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1/2 Dollar - Charles III Royal Balcony Wave
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 1/2 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | Full-color commemorative scene depicting the iconic VE-Day balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace on 8 May 1945, showing King George VI in naval uniform raising his hand in salute, Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) waving at left, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill standing at right. The figures are set against a gold-toned architectural background with a draped red balcony rail below. The legend 'ROYAL BALCONY WAVE' arcs along the upper border in raised letters, while a decorative banner in the lower field bears the inscriptions 'VE-DAY-80' and '1945-2025' in colored enamel, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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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.