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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Lady with an Ermine
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Ian Rank-Broadley Reverse: Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted with a diadem and mature facial features rendered in high relief against a frosted field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the upper right, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR inscribed at the lower right. The date 2015 appears in the lower exergual area beneath the portrait, and the engraver's initials IRB are incused at the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "Lady with an Ermine" is one of Leonardo da Vinci's four surviving portraits, painted around 1489–1490 and believed to depict Cecilia Gallerani, mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. The painting remained in Polish private hands for centuries before being acquired by Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski in the late 18th century — it is now held in Kraków's Czartoryski Museum. Solomon Islands has issued a long-running series of art-themed bullion dollars under this program, pairing the Pacific issuer with entirely unrelated European cultural subjects purely as a vehicle for the silver content.