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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th portrait
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2012-2016 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1977-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered in Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth definitive portrait. The Queen's bust is depicted with fine detail including a pearl drop earring. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right, with the date 2012 appearing in the lower field. The engraver's initials IRB appear on the truncation of the neck. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised frigatebird with wings fully spread occupies the centre of the field, rendered in a bold graphic style characteristic of Pacific island coinage design. The bird's body displays an elongated oval motif on the breast, and its fan-shaped tail feathers are finely striated. Two arcing rows of small five-pointed stars flank the bird on either side, evoking the stars of the Solomon Islands national flag. The denomination 50 CENTS appears in two lines at the top of the field above the bird. |
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The Solomon Islands shifted to nickel plated steel for this denomination as part of a broader Pacific-region trend toward cheaper base-metal coinage driven by rising nickel and copper spot prices in the late 2000s. The 4th portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, was adopted across Commonwealth currencies beginning in the late 1990s and remains the longest-running of her effigy series on circulation coinage.