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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Ra
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 37 g |
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| Obverse description | Gold-plated right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The bust is rendered in selective gold plating against a black nickel field, creating a striking contrast. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II · 2019 · SOLOMON ISLANDS above, and ONE DOLLAR below, all lettered in gold-toned relief on the darkened field. |
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| Reverse description | Central gold-plated depiction of Ra, the ancient Egyptian sun deity, shown as a falcon-headed figure wearing a nemes headdress and holding a was-sceptre, surmounted by a gold solar disc encircled by a uraeus serpent. The figure is rendered in high relief with selective gold plating against a black nickel field deeply incised with rows of mirrored hieroglyphic inscriptions filling the entire background. The legend ANCIENT EGYPT arcs around the upper periphery in spaced gold-toned letters, with RA inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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The Solomon Islands has issued collectible dollar pieces under royal portrait authority since independence in 1978, but by the 2010s the program had expanded aggressively into the themed numismatic market, with pieces like this one produced almost entirely for collector sale rather than any circulation purpose. Black nickel plating combined with selective gold was a finishing technique that became widespread among Pacific island issuing authorities during this decade, largely because the low face value allowed international minting houses to contract production at scale with minimal currency risk to the issuer.