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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Temple of Artemis
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, his initials IRB incused below the truncation. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II to the left and SOLOMON ISLANDS 10 DOLLARS to the right, all within a Greek key decorative border. The fineness and weight inscriptions 1/100 Oz and Au 999.9 appear in the lower field flanking the date 2023. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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One of seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was destroyed and rebuilt multiple times before its final destruction by the Goths in 268 AD — after which it was never restored. This coin belongs to the broader wave of Solomon Islands-issued bullion and commemorative microgold pieces that proliferated through the 2020s, produced almost entirely for the collector market with no meaningful domestic circulation. The posthumous Elizabeth II obverse places this firmly in the transitional issues minted after her death in September 2022 before Commonwealth realms completed their die transitions to Charles III.