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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Lighthouse of Alexandria
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted with a diadem and curled hair, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' runs along the left rim and 'SOLOMON ISLANDS' along the upper right rim. The date '2013' appears in the lower field beneath the portrait, with the engraver's initials 'IRB' incused below the neck truncation. |
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Part of a miniature gold series issued by the Solomon Islands government around 2013 pairing British colonial currency authority with the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Lighthouse of Alexandria — the Pharos — stood on the island of Pharos in Alexandria's harbor and is estimated to have reached between 100 and 140 meters, making it one of the tallest man-made structures of antiquity for centuries after its construction under Ptolemy II Philadelphus around 280 BC. It survived in diminished form until a series of earthquakes between the 10th and 14th centuries left it a ruin, with the final remnants eventually quarried for the construction of the Mamluk-era Citadel of Qaitbay.