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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Judgement of Solomon
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Reverse description | Full-colour reproduction of Raphael's fresco depicting the Judgement of Solomon, as painted in the Raphael Loggia of the Vatican Palace. The scene shows King Solomon, crowned and robed, seated on a throne at upper right, gesturing toward a soldier who holds an infant aloft by the ankle with a sword raised, while two women plead before him. A second infant lies at the lower left of the composition. The gilded textured background enhances the vivid polychrome coloring of the figures. The fineness mark .999 Ag is inscribed in the upper field, and the legend THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON appears in a panel along the lower border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Solomon Islands commemorative coinage of this type is contract-struck by private minting houses — most commonly the Mint of Poland or B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt — for distribution through the international numismatic market rather than domestic circulation. The islands' own monetary authority has minimal involvement beyond licensing the issuing rights.
The biblical narrative referenced here derives from 1 Kings 3:16–28, in which Solomon resolves a maternity dispute by threatening to divide an infant — a story that became one of antiquity's most cited illustrations of judicial reasoning. The choice of subject is a deliberate play on the issuer's name, a marketing device common across this series.