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2 Dollars - Charles III King of Spades
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | 2025 ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 2 DOLLARS IRB 1OZ 999.9 FINE SILVER 0000 |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a highly stylized King of Spades playing card design rendered in deep relief against a blackened field. The upper half shows a crowned, bearded king holding a sword upright in his right hand, dressed in ornate royal robes with intricate lattice and heart motifs, flanked by spade suit symbols in the upper corners. The lower half mirrors the composition in the traditional playing card biaxial format, with an inverted secondary portrait, additional suit symbols, and a heart motif visible at lower right. The entire central design is enclosed within a rectangular border surrounded by dense baroque scrollwork and foliate ornament extending to the coin's edge. The stylized letter 'K' appears in the upper-left and lower-right corners of the inner card panel. |
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The "King of Spades" series places a reigning monarch into the iconography of a standard 52-card deck — a conceit with a surprisingly long numismatic history, traceable through various European novelty issues, but rarely executed with a sitting head of state. Charles III ascended following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, making him the first British monarch to appear in this format while still in the first years of his reign. Solomon Islands has been a reliable vehicle for this category of themed legal-tender silver since the early 2000s, with the Central Bank licensing designs through Perth and Pobjoy-affiliated programs.