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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Owl and Rabbit
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II · 2023 · SOLOMON ISLANDS arranged around the upper arc, with the denomination 50 CENTS positioned along the lower arc, all separated by raised dots. The design is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field within the coin's characteristic heptagonal format. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · 2023 · SOLOMON ISLANDS IRB · 50 CENTS · |
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The Solomon Islands has operated a small but commercially active commemorative program for decades, frequently licensing designs unrelated to local culture for the collector market. This piece is squarely in that tradition — a bullion-adjacent souvenir issue produced after Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, capitalizing on collector demand for posthumous memorials during the transitional period before Charles III coinage entered circulation.
Silver-plated iron rather than actual silver, which the weight confirms immediately on handling.