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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Raphael
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, after the effigy designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left border, with SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right. The denomination $10 appears at the bottom center, flanked by the weight specification 0.5g to the left and the fineness mark Au 999.9 to the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS IRB 0.5 g $ 10 Au 999.9 |
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Part of a broader wave of micro-gold issues that flooded the collector market in the late 2010s and early 2020s, struck under license arrangements that make Solomon Islands largely nominal as an issuing authority. Raphael's inclusion in such a series is unsurprising — his name sells. What's worth noting is that at 0.5 grams of .9999 fine gold, the metal value at any reasonable spot price barely clears a few dollars, making the numismatic premium the entire proposition.