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50 Cents - Charles III Romulus & Remus
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2026 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | ROMULUS & REMUS |
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Rome's founding myth has appeared on coinage since antiquity, but this issue originates from a Pacific microstate with no historical or cultural connection to either Rome or the legend itself. The Solomon Islands has operated as a prolific producer of commemorative and novelty issues for the international collector market since the 1970s, licensing themes wholesale for revenue rather than circulation.
Charles III's effigy here functions purely as a legal tender formality — a technicality required to satisfy the issuing authority's coinage obligations under its constitutional arrangements with the Crown.