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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Great Fire of London
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 10 DOLLARS IRB 2022 |
| Reverse description | A detailed engraved scene depicting the Great Fire of London of 1666, showing a panorama of timber-framed Tudor buildings and a church steeple engulfed in tall, stylised flames that fill the upper field. The inscription THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN arcs along the upper rim, with the date 1666 directly below it in the upper field. Along the lower rim, the fineness and weight inscription 1/2G .9999 FINEST GOLD is incused. |
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The Great Fire of 1666 burned for four days, destroying roughly 13,200 houses and 87 churches across the City of London. Its indirect consequence was the first recognizable system of fire insurance in the English-speaking world, pioneered by Nicholas Barbon within years of the disaster. This coin belongs to a category of fractional gold issues — sub-gram weights on 11mm planchets — that have proliferated sharply since the mid-2010s, produced under Pacific island mandates largely for the bullion collector market rather than any domestic monetary purpose.