10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Dragon

One of a wave of fractional rose gold issues flooding the collector market in the mid-2020s, this piece was struck under license arrangements typical of small Pacific island nations whose mints produce essentially no circulating coinage. Solomon Islands has used its monetary authority largely as a licensing vehicle for decades, with the actual striking handled by external minting houses targeting the bullion gift market.

At 0.5 g, it contains roughly a third of the gold found in a standard sovereign — priced accordingly for impulse purchase rather than serious accumulation.