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| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned left-facing effigy of His Majesty King Charles III, rendered in fine relief against a subtly textured field evoking a draped background. The portrait is bare-headed, showing the King in collar and jacket, with finely engraved hair detail. The issuer inscription SOLOMON ISLANDS appears in two lines at the top of the rectangular flan, while CHARLES III is engraved in bold lettering below the portrait, separated by a horizontal rule. The lower panel bears the denomination 10 DOLLARS, the weight specification 1/100 oz, the fineness AU 999.99, and a mint logo at lower right. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Five-nines gold — .99999 fineness — is a specification almost never used for sovereign coinage. The Royal Canadian Mint pioneered it commercially with their 99999 Maple Leaf series beginning in 1999, and the benchmark has since been adopted selectively for premium fractional issues precisely because it commands a fineness premium over the standard .9999 barrier. At 0.311 g, this is among the smallest practical struck gold pieces by mass.