Part of a sprawling series of miniature gold issues produced for the collector market in the early 2010s, this piece was struck by a private mint under license rather than by any sovereign minting authority with a direct connection to the Solomon Islands. The Colosseum subject has no particular relevance to the issuing nation — the territory was simply used as a convenient legal framework for marketing a novelty to European and Asian collectors.
Part of a sprawling series of miniature gold issues produced for the collector market in the early 2010s, this piece was struck by a private mint under license rather than by any sovereign minting authority with a direct connection to the Solomon Islands. The Colosseum subject has no particular relevance to the issuing nation — the territory was simply used as a convenient legal framework for marketing a novelty to European and Asian collectors.