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50 Cents - Charles III Winter Burrow
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bare-headed effigy of King Charles III after the portrait by Dominic Thomas, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The king is depicted in a contemporary, unadorned style wearing a suit jacket. The circular legend around the upper periphery reads CHARLES III · 2026 · SOLOMON ISLANDS, with the denomination 50 CENTS inscribed along the lower arc. The engraver's initials DT appear in the lower right field beneath the portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | ™&© FW & Co., 2025 JANUARY |
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The Solomon Islands has operated as a prolific issuer of themed collector coinage since the 1990s, licensing its monetary authority to private minting programs aimed squarely at the novelty market. This piece, along with dozens of similar animal-themed issues, is produced under that arrangement — bearing the Solomon Islands imprimatur while having no meaningful connection to the archipelago's domestic economy or circulation.
Gold-plated iron rather than the more common gold-plated copper suggests a cost-minimization decision at the production level.