10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Charles Chaplin

Chaplin's image rights have been fiercely managed by his estate since his death in 1977, making any licensed numismatic issue dependent on family approval — the Chaplin Office, run by his descendants, controls commercial use across roughly 40 territories. This Solomon Islands gold piece is part of a broader wave of sub-gram bullion issues that Pacific island jurisdictions have leaned into heavily since the mid-2010s, functioning largely as collectibles with negligible real-world monetary utility. The posthumous Elizabeth II obverse places it among the first commemorative coins of this type issued under the transitional authorization following her death in September 2022.