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50 Cents - Charles III 4 Strawberries
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Shape | Heptagonal (7-sided) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of King Charles III, depicted as a bare-headed bust with a draped neckline, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The portrait is attributed to engraver Dominique Thiébaut, whose initials 'DT' appear in the lower right field. The circumferential legend reads 'CHARLES III · 2026 · SOLOMON ISLANDS' along the upper arc, with the denomination '· 50 CENTS ·' inscribed along the lower arc of the heptagonal flan. |
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| Mintage | 2026 - Prooflike - 999 |
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The four-strawberry motif places this squarely within the broader wave of novelty-format circulation-adjacent issues that Pacific island nations have licensed to European minting houses since the early 2000s — a revenue model that has little to do with domestic monetary needs and everything to do with the collector market. Solomon Islands' nominal face values on these pieces bear no relationship to circulation intent.