2 Dollars In the name of Elizabeth II, Phoenix

The phoenix as a monetary motif carries specific weight for the Solomon Islands, whose economy was effectively dismantled during the Pacific campaign of World War II — Guadalcanal alone saw some of the most sustained Allied-Japanese fighting of the entire theatre, leaving the island group's infrastructure and trade networks in ruin. Recovery was slow and uneven across the archipelago.

Elizabeth II appears here as issuing authority despite her death in September 2022, a common artifact of mint production cycles — dies and programs commissioned before her passing continued generating issues well into 2023 across multiple Commonwealth and associated minting programs.