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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Roman Colosseum
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2007-2009 |
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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, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II flanks the left field and SOLOMON ISLANDS arcs along the right, with the date 2007 positioned at the base of the design. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Part of a broader "Wonders of the World" bullion-adjacent series issued by several Pacific sovereign mints in the mid-2000s, these small-format gold pieces were produced under legal tender authority but sold almost exclusively to the collector market through international distributors. The Solomon Islands issued numerous similar pieces during this period, licensing designs tied to world heritage subjects as a revenue mechanism — the islands have no domestic gold mining tradition and no circulating gold coinage history.
The Colosseum was completed under Emperor Titus in 80 AD, inaugurated with 100 days of games.