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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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| Reference(s) | KM# 381 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB visible below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the upper right, with the denomination 10 DOLLARS positioned vertically at the right. The date 2017 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 10 DOLLARS IRB 2017 |
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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.