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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Gold Rush: Klondike

Issuer Central Bank of Solomon Islands
Year 2021
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Weight 40 g
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Obverse script Latin
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Edge Smooth
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The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896–99 drew an estimated 100,000 prospectors toward the Yukon, though fewer than a third actually reached the goldfields and perhaps 4,000 turned any meaningful profit. The rush collapsed almost as suddenly as it began when gold was discovered near Nome, Alaska in 1899, emptying Dawson City almost overnight.

Solomon Islands has no geographic or historical connection to the Klondike, making this a purely commemorative bullion issue exploiting the island nation's mint licensing arrangements — a common practice among small Pacific sovereigns whose numismatic programs exist almost entirely for export.

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