10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Issued two years before the tournament it commemorates, this coin was part of a wave of FIFA-licensed silver issues produced for the collector market in the early 2010s — a period when numismatic licensing agreements with FIFA generated significant revenue ahead of each World Cup cycle. Solomon Islands, which has no footballing presence of note, functioned here purely as an issuing authority of convenience, a role small sovereign nations have long filled for mint-driven commemorative programs.