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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Father Frost
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed vertically along the left rim, with SOLOMON ISLANDS arching along the right rim. The denomination $5 appears in the lower central field, beneath which the fineness and weight indicators 1oz Ag999 are inscribed. The oval flan features a reeded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS IRB $5 1oz Ag999 |
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Father Frost — Ded Moroz in Russian tradition — is a Soviet-era repackaging of older Slavic winter folklore, institutionalized by Stalin's government in the 1930s as a secular replacement for Saint Nicholas after religious celebrations were suppressed. His pairing with the Snegurochka figure was formalized through state-sanctioned New Year's broadcasts and became a fixture of USSR holiday culture that persisted well beyond the Soviet collapse.
The Solomon Islands has no cultural connection to this mythology whatsoever. The island nation's central bank licenses its name to a European bullion dealer — New Zealand Mint handles fulfillment — producing dozens of thematically unrelated collector pieces annually for the international commemorative market.