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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II The World Watches
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 1/2 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a color-printed vintage wooden-cabinet television set with tapered legs, its screen showing a black-and-white photographic image of an astronaut standing on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission of 1969. Four figures — a woman, a young girl, a boy, and a man — are shown in relief from behind, seated and facing the television set, evoking the global television audience of the first Moon landing. The arc legend THE WORLD WATCHES appears along the upper border within a raised ribbon-style cartouche, while 1969–2019 TV BROADCAST curves along the lower border. The numeral 50 appears within a circular device at the right, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the broadcast. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued as part of the Solomon Islands' extensive modern commemorative program, which has leaned heavily on silver-plated copper since the 2010s to keep retail price points accessible while maintaining the appearance of a precious metal piece. KM# 490 sits in a catalog swollen with similar issues — the Central Bank has licensed dozens of thematic commemoratives annually through this period, most produced by external minting contractors rather than any domestic facility.