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10 Dollars - Charles III Western Hemisphere
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of King Charles III occupying the central field, rendered in high relief against a background of an intricate geodesic or cartographic grid pattern evoking a celestial globe, with the left half of the field in contrasting matte black finish and the right in polished silver. The circumferential legend reads 'CHARLES III · SOLOMON ISLANDS · 10 DOLLARS' in raised Latin lettering, interrupted at intervals by raised dots. Below the bust, the engraver's initials 'DT' appear in the field, while the lower border carries the denomination details '5 oz', the date '2025', and the fineness mark 'Ag.999'. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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At 155.5 grams and 108 millimeters, this is a kilo-class slab issue — the format that became the default vehicle for sovereign mint commemoratives once the bullion boom of the 2010s normalized collector appetite for oversized silver. Solomon Islands has functioned as a licensing jurisdiction for these pieces for years, with the Central Bank lending its legal tender authority to coins that will never approach the archipelago's shores in circulation.
The Charles III designation places this among the earliest cohort of issues struck under his royal cypher following the September 2022 accession — a period when mints worldwide raced to retire Elizabeth II dies.