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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Antwerp
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a central circular medallion set within a rectangular field decorated with an all-over repeating pattern of outlined diamond motifs in the background. Within the medallion, a right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II is depicted in a refined portrait after Ian Rank-Broadley, showing the Queen wearing a diadem and pearl earring. The circular legend surrounding the effigy reads 'ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 1 DOLLAR'. Below the portrait, the inscriptions '1/2oz', '2022', and 'Ag 999' are arranged in the lower field of the medallion, with the engraver's initials 'IRB' visible beneath the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The 1920 Antwerp Olympics were awarded to Belgium partly as a gesture of sympathy toward a nation devastated by German occupation during the First World War. The Games were underfunded, hastily organized, and held in a city still rebuilding — yet they introduced both the Olympic flag and the athlete's oath, two fixtures that outlasted every logistical shortcoming of the event itself.
The black diamond dust application is a finishing technique that became viable in collector coinage only within the last decade, achieved by embedding fine carbonado particles into lacquer before curing.