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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II Death of Tecumseh
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Diameter | 45 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, occupying the central field of the annular sector-shaped flan. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail, bearing the engraver's initials IRB (Ian Rank-Broadley) at the truncation. The legend SOLOMON ISLANDS arcs along the upper border, flanked by Greek key ornamental motifs at each corner, while the denomination HALF DOLLAR is inscribed to either side of the effigy. The date 2020 appears along the lower border, also flanked by Greek key decorative bands. |
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| Obverse lettering | SOLOMON ISLANDS HALF DOLLAR IRB 2020 |
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Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813, fighting alongside British forces against an American army commanded by William Henry Harrison — the same man who would later win the presidency partly on the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." His death effectively ended the pan-tribal confederacy he had spent years assembling across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, removing the only serious Indigenous military check on American westward expansion. The Solomon Islands has no historical connection to any of this; the issue is purely a bullion-adjacent collector piece targeting the global commemorative market.