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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Scarab Pectoral
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modeled by engraver Ian Rank-Broadley whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim, SOLOMON ISLANDS along the upper rim, and 5 DOLLARS vertically along the right rim. The date 2022 appears in the lower field. The portrait features finely engraved hair detail and a decorative tiara, set against a highly polished mirror field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The scarab pectoral referenced here is almost certainly drawn from Tutankhamun's funerary assemblage, the centerpiece objects of Howard Carter's 1922 excavation of KV62 in the Valley of the Kings — a discovery that fell exactly a century before this coin's issue date, which is presumably the occasion for it.