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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Legend of Old Rinzenberg
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central figural scene depicting a bearded male figure, rendered in a medieval illustrative style, leaning over a large cauldron or pot overflowing with gold coins, referencing the legend of Old Rinzenberg. The figure extends one hand toward the viewer, with a small animal visible at the lower right. A circular mint or issuer mark appears in the lower left field. The legend 1/50 OZ .990 AU is inscribed along the upper left arc, and FINE & MOSELLE GOLD along the lower arc, both in Latin characters. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Old Rinzenberg is a medieval castle ruin in the Palatinate region of Germany, and its inclusion on a Solomon Islands bullion-adjacent issue reflects the booming market for European legend-themed coins sold directly to collectors in secondary markets — pieces never intended to circulate and rarely even handled after encapsulation. The Solomon Islands has issued hundreds of such licensed fantasy-theme coins under its name since the 2000s, functioning essentially as a jurisdiction of convenience for European mint operators, primarily in Germany and Austria.
At 0.622 g of .990 gold, this sits at the lower boundary of what refiners can strike cleanly at scale.