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5 Dollars - Charles III Bawbee
| Uitgever | Solomon Islands |
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| Jaar | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Unadorned right-facing effigy of His Majesty King Charles III, depicted in civilian dress with a bare head, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The portrait, engraved by Davide Termine (initials 'DT' visible at the lower right of the bust truncation), conveys a confident, contemporary likeness. The legend 'TEN DOLLARS' arcs along the upper left periphery, 'CHARLES III' along the upper right, and 'SOLOMON ISLANDS' curves along the lower periphery, all in raised Latin capital letters. Four raised dots serve as decorative separators within the surrounding legend. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The "bawbee" was a Scottish copper coin circulating from the mid-sixteenth century, traditionally worth six Scottish pennies — a denomination so ingrained in vernacular usage that Robert Burns referenced it by name. Reviving it as a label for a Pacific island gold micropiece is pure collector theater, disconnected from any monetary history of the Solomons.
At 0.5 g of .9999 gold, this belongs to the expanding class of fractional bullion issues produced for the gift and novelty market rather than any collecting tradition with numismatic depth.