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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Hanging Gardens in Babylon
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, with fine hair detail and a small tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim, while SOLOMON ISLANDS arcs along the right rim. Below the portrait, the specifications 0.5 g, Au 585, and the date 2016 are inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of a broad Pacific island micro-gold series capitalizing on the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" theme popular with mint marketers in the 2010s, this piece was struck for the collector market with no genuine circulation intent. The Hanging Gardens remain the only one of the Seven Wonders whose location has never been archaeologically confirmed — some scholars place them at Nineveh rather than Babylon altogether.