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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth's 80th Birthday
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 25 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS RDM 2006 |
| Reverse description | Central wedding portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, depicted together in formal attire with a decorative window motif in the background. A selectively gilt numeral '80' is prominently displayed, commemorating the Queen's 80th birthday. The denomination legend 'TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS' appears along the lower periphery, with the numeral '80' also inscribed in the field. The design combines polished proof surfaces with targeted gold gilding to accentuate the commemorative numeral. |
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Solomon Islands has issued commemorative silver in volume since the 1970s, largely targeting the collector market rather than domestic circulation — these pieces were never intended to pass through island hands. The 80th birthday issue for Elizabeth II in 2006 falls squarely in that category, one of dozens of Commonwealth-adjacent releases that year from small Pacific and Caribbean territories whose connection to the Crown was, by that point, more philatelic than political.
KM#87a designates the silver variant, implying a companion issue in another metal — almost certainly a base-metal or gold counterpart in the same series.