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50 Cents - Charles III Ponsonby Sound
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1977-date) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of King Charles III occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and facial features. The engraver's initials 'DT' appear in the lower right field. The peripheral legend reads 'CHARLES III · 2025 · SOLOMON ISLANDS' arcing around the upper portion of the heptagonal flan, with the denomination '· 50 CENTS ·' positioned along the lower arc. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III · 2025 · SOLOMON ISLANDS DT · 50 CENTS · |
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Ponsonby Sound is a remote inlet off the southwestern coast of Viti Levu, Fiji — not Solomon Islands territory — which raises immediate questions about the issuing authority's geographic claim to this subject. This type of piece, gold-plated iron struck for a Pacific island nation with no direct connection to the named location, falls squarely within the modern numismatic novelty trade: low-metal-value collectibles licensed through sovereign minting agreements primarily for export sale.