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| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicting five jubilant figures raising their arms in celebration against a backdrop of radiating sunbeams, commemorating VE Day on 8th May 1945. A prominent banner across the centre bears the word 'VICTORY' in bold relief lettering. Above the figures, the legend '8TH MAY 1945' appears in the upper field, while below the banner the inscriptions '1945', '75TH', '2020', and 'ANNIVERSARY' mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe. The composition is framed by a beaded inner border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued on the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, this miniature gold piece belongs to a category of modern collector issues that proliferated heavily from Pacific island nations in the 2010s — jurisdictions with negligible connection to the commemorated events, whose issuing authority is essentially leased to private minting houses. The Solomon Islands did fall within the Pacific theater, not the European, making the VE Day subject a purely commercial choice.