Anubis issues from this period are part of a broader wave of privately designed bullion-adjacent collector pieces struck under license by small Pacific island sovereignties — Solomon Islands among the most prolific. The coins are legal tender in name only; no $2 face value has ever circulated in the islands in this form, and the issuing authority's role is essentially administrative.
Production was almost certainly handled by a European private mint, most likely B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Munich, which struck numerous themed pieces for Pacific issuers during this period under similar specifications.
Anubis issues from this period are part of a broader wave of privately designed bullion-adjacent collector pieces struck under license by small Pacific island sovereignties — Solomon Islands among the most prolific. The coins are legal tender in name only; no $2 face value has ever circulated in the islands in this form, and the issuing authority's role is essentially administrative.
Production was almost certainly handled by a European private mint, most likely B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Munich, which struck numerous themed pieces for Pacific issuers during this period under similar specifications.