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10 Dollars - Charles III Great Exhibition
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, showing the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS arcs along the upper rim, with the denomination 10 DOLLARS along the right rim and the date 2023 in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the first true world's fair, organized largely by Prince Albert and housed in the Crystal Palace — a prefabricated iron-and-glass structure that was itself as radical as anything displayed inside it. Over six million people attended during its five-month run, at a time when Britain's total population was roughly 21 million.
Charles's connection to the exhibition's legacy runs through the Royal Society of Arts, of which he became President in 1974 — the same body Prince Albert chaired when he conceived the event.