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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 1794 Liberty Dollar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in fine relief after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the upper right, with the denomination 10 DOLLARS inscribed vertically at the right. The date 2017 appears in the lower field, and the designer's initials IRB are present beneath the truncation of the neck. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This issue belongs to a wave of fractional gold miniatures produced for the collector market in the 2010s, with the Solomon Islands frequently used as an issuing authority precisely because its licensing arrangements allowed foreign mints — primarily the Perth Mint and various European houses — to produce legal-tender novelties with minimal regulatory friction. The coin's face value bears no relationship to its gold content or market value; the denomination exists solely to satisfy legal-tender requirements.
The 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar it references was the first dollar coin struck by the United States Mint, with the Philadelphia facility having only just opened that year.