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150 Dollars - Elizabeth II Saint George and the Dragon
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1977-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, positioned in the upper central field of the rectangular planchet. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. Inscriptions in four lines in the lower field read ELIZABETH II, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 150 DOLLARS, SILVER 999, with the date 2020 below. A delicate foliate border frames the upper and lower edges of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Saint George and the Dragon type has roots in the Benedetto Pistrucci design commissioned for the British sovereign in 1817 — a composition so enduring that Pistrucci refused to let other engravers copy it, forcing the Royal Mint to work around him for decades. This Solomon Islands issue has no connection to that lineage beyond the subject matter; like many large-format Pacific island bullion pieces, it exists because the issuing territory licenses its name to private minting operations producing collector bullion with no meaningful circulation intent.
At 1,500 grams of .999 silver, the piece falls into a category marketed primarily on metal weight and visual scale rather than numismatic depth.