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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Gordon of Khartoum
| Uitgever | Solomon Islands |
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| Jaar | 1996 |
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| Samenstelling | Silver (.500) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Right-facing crowned and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a pearl drop earring and pearl necklace, her hair elaborately coiffed beneath a jewelled crown. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left field and 'SOLOMON ISLANDS' along the right field, with the date '1996' appearing in the lower exergue flanked by small dots. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a polished mirror field. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | · ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS · 1996 |
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This coin belongs to a Solomon Islands commemorative program from the mid-1990s that drew heavily on British imperial history — a curious editorial choice for a nation independent since 1978. Charles George Gordon was killed at Khartoum in January 1885 when Mahdist forces breached the city after a ten-month siege, two days before a British relief column arrived. The delay in dispatching that column became one of the great political scandals of Gladstone's government, and Gordon's death was exploited relentlessly by the press and opposition as evidence of Liberal weakness.
Struck in .500 fine silver — half-silver by standard — rather than the .925 used in more ambitious commemoratives of the period.