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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Music
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 9 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered in finely detailed relief after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II flanked by dots arcs across the upper field, with the date 2023 and SOLOMON ISLANDS completing the inscription around the periphery. The denomination 50 CENTS appears in the lower field, and the engraver's initials IRB are incuse below the truncation. The design is struck on a heptagonal flan with bevelled edges. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · 2023 · SOLOMON ISLANDS IRB · 50 CENTS · |
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Issued as part of a broader wave of commemorative releases from Pacific island nations leveraging low-cost silver-plated iron to attract thematic collector markets, this piece appeared in the first full year of posthumous Elizabeth II coinage following her death in September 2022. The transition created an administrative scramble across Commonwealth mints and issuing authorities — Solomon Islands among them — to update obverse dies while continuing to exploit licensed portrait rights now managed through the late Queen's estate.
Solomon Islands has no domestic mint; these pieces are struck by contracted facilities, most commonly Pobjoy or B.H. Mayer's, under commercial licensing arrangements rather than as monetary policy instruments.