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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II Remembrance Day
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1977-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · 2020 · SOLOMON ISLANDS · IRB · HALF DOLLAR · |
| Reverse description | Central colored scene depicting two silhouetted figures — a World War I soldier and a civilian mourner — standing in a desolate battlefield landscape, with a flock of birds rising into a pale sky above them and red poppies scattered across the foreground. The inner border features an ornamental motif of gold barbed wire interspersed with four vibrantly colored red poppies at the cardinal points, all rendered in polychrome enamel. The upper legend REMEMBRANCE DAY IS EVERY DAY arcs along the rim in raised gold lettering, while the lower field bears a cartouche with the inscription WAR POPPY® COLLECTION by Jacqueline Hurley. |
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Solomon Islands has issued commemorative pieces under Royal Australian Mint and various private mint arrangements for decades, but gold-plated iron strikes occupy a curious corner of that output — priced for accessibility, struck for collectors who want the visual effect without the bullion cost. Remembrance Day issues of this type circulate almost exclusively through thematic collector channels rather than any genuine circulation pipeline.
The iron core is worth noting: unlike copper-nickel or brass, iron corrodes aggressively if the plating is breached, making long-term preservation entirely dependent on the integrity of the gold layer.