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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 100 Ducat Sigismund III
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Diameter | 11 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Right-facing bust of Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Sweden, depicted in elaborate Renaissance armour richly decorated with grotesque and foliate ornament, closely modelled after the celebrated 100-ducat coin of 1621. The circumferential legend reads SIGISMVNDVS · III · D:G:POLONIÆ · ET · SVECIÆ · REX, while a circular cartouche to the right of the bust contains the denomination mark V10. The lower field carries the inscription 1/2 G .9999 FINEST GOLD, denoting the weight and fineness of the piece. |
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This piece belongs to a broad series of miniature gold restrikes reproducing historic European coinage, issued by numerous Pacific and Caribbean sovereigns as bullion collectibles. The prototype — the 100 ducat of Sigismund III Vasa — was originally struck in Kraków and Bydgoszcz in the early seventeenth century as a prestige presentation piece, never intended for commerce. Such multiples were minted in tiny quantities and gifted to foreign dignitaries and magnates; surviving originals routinely appear at auction with six-figure estimates.
Solomon Islands has no historical connection to Polish coinage whatsoever. The legal tender face value is purely nominal.