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50 Cents - Charles III Palpatine
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-body color-printed depiction of Emperor Palpatine (Darth Sidious) seated upon his throne in dark robes, rendered in realistic polychrome color print against a partially engraved background depicting the architectural interior of the Death Star. The 'STAR WARS RETURN OF THE JEDI' franchise logo appears in a rectangular cartouche in the upper right field. The copyright notice '© & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd.' is inscribed along the upper left periphery. |
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The "Charles III Palpatine" is a licensed pop-culture novelty issue from the Solomon Islands, a jurisdiction that has produced crossover collector pieces — fictional characters, film franchises, international figures — under its monetary authority for decades. The practice is entirely legal and commercially routine; Solomon Islands coinage of this type is manufactured and marketed by private minting houses rather than struck for domestic circulation.
Silver-plated iron at this weight is characteristic of the budget novelty segment of the market. The iron core corrodes at plating breaks.