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10 Dollars - Charles III Eastern Hemisphere
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of King Charles III, rendered in high relief against a background depicting a geometric globe grid pattern divided diagonally between a mirrored dark and polished field, evoking a cartographic sphere. The portrait, signed with the engraver's initials 'DT' below the truncation, shows the King in contemporary dress. The surrounding legend reads 'CHARLES III · SOLOMON ISLANDS · 10 DOLLARS' disposed around the upper periphery, while the lower border carries the denomination specifications '5 oz', the date '2025', and the fineness 'Ag.999'. |
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| Reverse description | Detailed cartographic rendering of the Eastern Hemisphere as viewed from a classical globe projection, faithfully reproducing an antique-style world map with engraved place names in Latin across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. The relief map features raised landmasses, meridian and parallel lines, compass directions along the border, and several period sailing ships depicted at sea. The treatment contrasts a mirrored polished field against a selectively darkened relief, accentuating the topographic detail and lending the design a dramatic chiaroscuro effect. The lower border bears the inscription 'TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA' along the southern polar region, consistent with historical cartographic convention. |
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At 155.5 grams and 108mm across, this is a kilo-class planchet format that the Solomon Islands has leaned on heavily for the international bullion collector market — a revenue stream that now dwarfs the islands' domestic coin circulation in economic significance. The Central Bank issues these not for Honiara cash registers but for European and Asian precious metals dealers, a practice common among smaller Pacific sovereignties whose numismatic programs are effectively outsourced in concept and design to third-party minting houses.
Charles III's accession coinage across Commonwealth realms was complicated by the unusually long interval between Elizabeth II's death in September 2022 and the formal updating of currency portraits — Solomon Islands among the slower adopters.