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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Italy 1990
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II occupying the central field of the rectangular flan, rendered in low relief with fine diademed portrait detail. The legend 'SOLOMON ISLANDS' appears in two lines across the upper field in bold incuse lettering. Below the portrait, a horizontal rule separates the denomination inscription '10 DOLLARS', followed by the specifications '0.5 g' and 'Au .9999' in the lower field, denoting the gold fineness and weight of the piece. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the official FIFA® Classics branding prominently displayed across the upper portion of the rectangular field, with the bold 'FIFA®' logotype at the top and the word 'CLASSICS' in spaced capital letters below it. The central field is occupied by the stylised official emblem of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Italia '90, depicting a geometric football motif composed of fragmented pentagonal segments arranged in a circular design. Beneath the emblem, the tournament name 'ITALIA '90' appears in italic lettering, accompanied by the copyright notice '©FIFA TM' in the lower field. |
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Issued to mark the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy, this miniature gold piece belongs to a wave of retrospective commemoratives that proliferated in the 2020s, produced decades after the events they reference. The Solomon Islands, a prolific issuer of licensed numismatic product with essentially no domestic collector base, lends its authority here as a matter of commercial arrangement rather than historical connection to the tournament.
At 0.5 g of .9999 gold, the coin contains roughly $30 of metal at most current spot prices — a ratio that tells you everything about where the value is meant to reside.