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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Bishop
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS AG999.0 5 DOLLARS IRB 2021 |
| Reverse description | High-relief depiction of the Bishop chess piece from the Lewis Chessmen, rendered in faithful three-quarter portrait view occupying the full field. The figure wears full episcopal vestments including a mitre, and holds a crozier upright before him while raising his right hand in a gesture of benediction. The textured surface faithfully replicates the carved walrus-ivory aesthetic of the original 12th-century Norse artefacts. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse, the design filling the coin field to the inner border. |
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Part of a broader series celebrating chess pieces, this issue belongs to a wave of high-relief, shaped, and oversized commemorative silver programs that Pacific island nations — Niue, Palau, the Cook Islands, and Solomon Islands among them — have licensed through European minting intermediaries since the early 2000s. The coins are legal tender in name, but the issuing nation's involvement is largely nominal; distribution and design are handled entirely by the contracting mint or bullion dealer.
Solomon Islands has no domestic mint. The actual striking of this piece almost certainly occurred in a European facility, most likely in Poland or the Czech Republic.