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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Judgement of Solomon
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2016 - Prooflike - 500 |
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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.