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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Great Pyramids of Giza
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Central color-printed scene depicting the three Great Pyramids of Giza with the Sphinx in the foreground, set against a dramatic night sky filled with stars and nebulae rendered in full color. The pyramids are highlighted in gold coloring, conveying their monumental grandeur. Surrounding the central scene is a broad silver border decorated with incuse Egyptian hieroglyphic figures and motifs in gilt. At the base of the border, a gilt winged scarab beetle is prominently featured as a central decorative element. The curved legend GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA arcs along the upper border and ANCIENT EGYPT along the lower border, both in raised Latin capitals. |
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| Mintage | 2014 - Proof - 10,000 |
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The Solomon Islands has issued commemorative coinage under its own authority since independence in 1978, but the country's mint output is almost entirely produced for the collector market — no domestic economic rationale drives these releases. This piece is part of a broader series capitalizing on UNESCO World Heritage Site imagery, a licensing model that proliferated among small Pacific island nations during the 2000s and 2010s as a revenue stream coordinated through European minting houses, primarily in Poland and the Czech Republic.
The Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza remains the only surviving structure of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, completed around 2560 BC.