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½ Dollar - Elizabeth II Australia

Issuer Solomon Islands
Year 2022
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Composition Silver plated copper-nickel
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Reverse script Arabic/Latin
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Edge Segmented reeding
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Additional information

This piece belongs to a sprawling category of modern commemorative issues struck for Pacific island nations — Solomon Islands among the most prolific — whose monetary authority licenses the Royal Australian Mint or private minting houses to produce collector pieces that will never circulate. The nominal denomination bears no relationship to any transaction the islands' economy would recognize.

KM#1755 is one of hundreds of similar licensed issues from this period, distinguished mainly by its silver plating over a copper-nickel core rather than solid silver — a cost reduction that became increasingly common in the post-2015 collapse of collector demand for budget commemoratives.

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