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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Cleopatra
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 38 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CLEOPATRA |
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Issued under the posthumous coinage authority extended to Commonwealth mints following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, this piece is part of a wave of licensed bullion and collector issues that flooded the market in the months after her passing. The Solomon Islands, a Commonwealth realm until 2024, was among dozens of jurisdictions that rushed collector-oriented releases before the transition to Charles III portraiture was fully standardized.
The Cleopatra theme has no historical or geographic connection to the Solomon Islands — the pairing reflects the broader practice of small Pacific issuers licensing pop-culture and historical themes through third-party distributors, primarily aimed at the European and North American novelty collector market.