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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II The Adoration of the Magi
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted in right-facing profile with a diademed and elaborately coiffed hairstyle. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the upper right, with HALF DOLLAR completing the legend on the right. The date 2017 appears in the lower exergue beneath the portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The rectangular reverse bears a full-color reproduction of Peter Paul Rubens's monumental painting 'The Adoration of the Magi', printed across the entire face of the coin. The composition depicts the Virgin Mary seated at right, cradling the infant Christ, as richly robed Magi and attendants press forward in reverence, one kneeling in the foreground to present gifts. Angelic putti hover in a luminous aureole above the stable setting, rendered in Rubens's characteristic warm palette of deep reds, golds, and ochres. The image fills the rectangular field to its borders, with no additional legends or inscriptions on the reverse. |
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