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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Venus de Milo
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the portrait truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right field. The denomination $5, weight 1 oz, and fineness Ag 999 are inscribed along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Venus de Milo has been a fixture of the Louvre since 1821, arriving under circumstances that remain disputed — the Ottoman authorities who facilitated its removal from Milos did so under pressure, and the Greek government has periodically renewed claims for its repatriation. Solomon Islands has no particular connection to the sculpture or its history. This is a bullion-adjacent collector issue struck under the Pacific island licensing arrangements common to the modern commemorative market, where sovereign mint rights are leased to produce coins with no domestic relevance whatsoever.