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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Embarking for War
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the designer's initials IRB truncated below the bust. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the upper rim, while the denomination 10 DOLLARS appears vertically along the right rim. The date 2014 is inscribed in the lower field, all set within a plain border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued as part of a broader commemorative push around the 70th anniversary of major Pacific Theater engagements, this coin marks the departure of Australian and Allied forces through the Solomon Islands corridor — a region that saw some of the most sustained naval and land combat of the Pacific war, including the grinding Guadalcanal campaign of 1942–43. The Solomons themselves were not merely a backdrop; Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was the strategic hinge on which the Allied counteroffensive turned.
KM#284 is a Crown-sized collector issue with no circulation purpose, produced for the international commemorative market under Solomon Islands' licensing arrangements with the Perth Mint.