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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Kanga and Roo
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2115 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the portrait truncation. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II · 2023 · SOLOMON ISLANDS along the upper arc, with the denomination 50 CENTS positioned along the lower arc, all separated by raised dot dividers. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · 2023 · SOLOMON ISLANDS IRB · 50 CENTS · |
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Issued the year after Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, this is among the first wave of posthumous portrait coinage produced for Pacific Commonwealth territories still choosing to honor her on circulating-format issues. Solomon Islands had maintained Commonwealth membership since independence in 1978, and the monarchy remained constitutionally embedded until the country's ongoing sovereignty debates made such decisions politically charged.
The kangaroo pairing is an Australian licensing arrangement, not native fauna to the Solomons.