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10 Dollars - Charles III Eagle
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1977-date) |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned right-facing effigy of King Charles III, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and jacket collar visible at the truncation. The engraver's initials DT appear at the lower right of the portrait. The circular legend reads TEN DOLLARS · 2024 · along the upper arc and CHARLES III · SOLOMON ISLANDS · along the lower arc, all in raised Latin lettering against a mirrored field. |
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| Reverse description | A bald eagle depicted in full flight with wings fully extended, soaring in profile to the left above a rugged mountain range rendered in detailed relief in the lower field. The series title SHADES OF GOLD arcs along the upper border, with the date 2024 inscribed centrally in the upper field. The weight and fineness inscription 1/2 G 999.99 FINEST GOLD is positioned along the lower arc, above the coin's reeded edge. |
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Five-nines gold — 99.999% purity — remains genuinely rare in sovereign coinage; most government mints, including the Royal Canadian Mint's Maple Leaf program, only reached that standard in 1999 after years of refining process development. The Solomon Islands issues coins through the Pobjoy Mint and later other private licensing arrangements, making this a privately produced legal tender piece rather than a product of any domestic mint infrastructure.