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10 Dollars - Charles III Liberty 1793
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Liberty with flowing hair and a ribbon, modelled after the classic 1793 American large cent design, centered within an oval dotted border on the rectangular gold flan. The date 1793 appears in the lower field beneath the bust. The upper portion of the field bears the legends TRIBUTE EDITION and LIBERTY 2023 in two lines above the oval border. The lower margin of the piece is inscribed with the specifications 1/2 G .9999 FINEST GOLD, confirming the coin's gold content and weight. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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This fractional issue belongs to a broader wave of sub-gram gold coins that entered the market after improvements in precision blanking made half-gram production commercially viable for private and sovereign mints alike. The Solomon Islands has long served as a nominal issuing authority for coins produced entirely outside the Pacific — legal tender face values assigned largely for collector market purposes rather than any domestic monetary function.
The 1793 Liberty reference points to the Flowing Hair cent, the first federally struck cent under the new U.S. Mint established by the Coinage Act of 1792.