50 Cents - Charles III John Logie Baird

Issuer	Central Bank of Solomon Islands
Year	2026
Type	Non-circulating coin
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Obverse lettering	CHARLES III · 2026 · SOLOMON ISLANDS DT · 50 CENTS ·
Reverse description	A richly coloured commemorative design honouring John Logie Baird as a television pioneer. A central circular vignette features a black-and-white photographic portrait of Baird at work with his apparatus, surrounded by an annular band divided into vivid colour segments — yellow, green, magenta, and blue — each illustrated with period images of his inventions and demonstrations, including early mechanical television equipment and colour television apparatus. Three milestone dates — 1926, 1928, and 1888–1946 — are inscribed within the lower portion of the design. The outer legend reads JOHN LOGIE BAIRD TELEVISION PIONEER along the top, with the achievements · FIRST TRANSATLANTIC TRANSMISSION ·, · FIRST COLOUR TELEVISION DEMONSTRATION ·, and FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF A MECHANICAL TELEVISION distributed around the inner annulus.
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