5 Dollars - Elizabeth II The School of Athens

Raphael completed the School of Athens fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace around 1511, commissioned by Pope Julius II as part of a cycle decorating his private library. The chamber was intended to represent the four branches of human knowledge, and the fresco has since become one of the most reproduced images in Western art — which explains why it has attracted the attention of the commemorative coin market, where Pacific island nations like the Solomons routinely lend their issuing authority to European bullion distributors producing collector rounds in all but name.