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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Spitfire
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 30 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 2005 |
| Reverse description | A Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft rendered in high relief, depicted in a dynamic banking manoeuvre over a textured landscape rendered below, with billowing cumulus clouds occupying the upper field. The aircraft bears Royal Air Force roundels on its wings and fuselage. The legend SPITFIRE arcs along the upper border, while the denomination 25 DOLLARS is inscribed in two lines to the lower right of the field. |
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The Supermarine Spitfire's development was funded in part by public donation campaigns during the war — individual towns, companies, and even foreign governments paid roughly £5,000 per aircraft, receiving a nameplate in return. The Solomon Islands' connection to the broader Pacific theatre gives this commemorative an oblique historical logic, though the Spitfire itself never operated in that region, being primarily a European and North African machine.