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| Uitgever | Solomon Islands |
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| Jaar | 2017 |
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| Valuta | Dollar (1977-date) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central circular raised medallion bearing the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modeled after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left, SOLOMON ISLANDS along the upper right, and HALF DOLLAR along the right side of the medallion. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the portrait truncation, with the date 2017 inscribed in the exergue below. The surrounding rectangular field is plain and unadorned, forming a wide flat border around the central medallion. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS HALF DOLLAR IRB 2017 |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Tree of Life design has been a recurring vehicle for the Solomon Islands' collector-market output since the islands' independence coinage began attracting novelty buyers in the 1980s. This particular issue belongs to a wave of oversized, silver-plated copper pieces produced in the mid-2010s by third-party minting houses — typically the Pobjoy Mint or similar contractors — specifically for the gift and bullion-adjacent market, with face values bearing no relationship to any realistic circulation function.
The .999 silver plating over copper base is a cost structure that delivers visual appeal at a fraction of solid silver production costs. Collector premiums depend almost entirely on whether the plating shows handling marks.