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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, executed in high relief after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field, with $5 at the top and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right. The denomination 2oz, date 2022, and purity mark Ag999 are inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Solomon Islands has functioned for decades as a licensing vehicle for commemorative issues with no domestic monetary relevance — this FIFA World Cup piece is squarely in that tradition. The face value is purely nominal; no one in Honiara was spending five dollars on a 62-gram silver coin.
Qatar's hosting rights, awarded by FIFA in 2010, remain among the most scrutinized in the organization's history, with a Swiss criminal investigation and U.S. Department of Justice proceedings both examining the bidding process.