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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Coronation Jubilee
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#8 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, after the effigy modelled by Arnold Machin. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field, surrounded by a beaded inner border. The legend ELIZABETH THE SECOND arcs along the upper left periphery, while SOLOMON ISLANDS continues along the right. The date 1978 appears in the lower field beneath the portrait, flanked by decorative dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH THE SECOND · SOLOMON ISLANDS · 1978 · |
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The Solomon Islands gained independence from Britain in July 1978, making this issue something of a political curiosity — a newly sovereign nation choosing its first commemorative subject to be the 25th anniversary of the monarch it had just formally separated from. The coronation jubilee theme was shared across dozens of Commonwealth and former-Commonwealth mints that year, most using the same occasion to navigate the same awkward transition between colonial deference and national identity.