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50 Cents - Charles III Libertad
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Value | 50 Cents 0.50 SBD = RSD 6.33 |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing uncrowned effigy of His Majesty King Charles III, modelled by engraver Dominic Thomas, whose initials DT appear in the lower right field. The portrait depicts the King in a suit, rendered in a naturalistic and detailed sculptural style. The peripheral legend reads CHARLES III · 2026 · SOLOMON ISLANDS, distributed around the heptagonal coin, with the denomination · 50 CENTS · inscribed along the lower edge. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Winged Victory — the Libertad — rendered in gold-plated relief, striding forward with wings outspread and raising a laurel branch in her right hand, set against a mountainous landscape with clouds. The left half of the heptagonal field is fully gold-plated, depicting the allegorical figure and scenic background in fine detail. The right half of the field is finished in silver tone and features a stylized agave plant in high relief. The inscription LIBERTAD is arranged vertically along the right side of the design. |
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The Libertad design series, originally a Mexican bullion program launched in 1982, has since been licensed and adapted by numerous sovereign mints seeking to leverage its recognizable imagery for collector markets. The Solomon Islands, which issues a significant portion of its numismatic output through third-party minting arrangements rather than domestic production, has paired it here with Charles III's effigy following his accession in September 2022.
Silver-plated iron rather than sterling or fine silver marks this firmly as a novelty circulation-adjacent piece, produced for the collector gift market rather than any investment or monetary function.