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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Native Art
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and wearing a floral tiara with elaborate coiffure, rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery, SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right, and the date 1980 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 1980 |
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The Solomon Islands gained independence from Britain in 1978, and this 1980 issue belongs to the first wave of commemorative coinage the new nation used to establish a distinct monetary identity — and, practically speaking, to generate foreign exchange revenue. The .500 fine gold specification is notably low for a bullion-adjacent commemorative of this period, when most comparable Pacific island issues were struck in .900 or .917. Whether that reflected a budget constraint or a deliberate pricing decision to broaden accessibility is unrecorded in the minting contracts.