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50 Cents - Elizabeth II The Great Sphinx
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bare-headed effigy of King Charles III, rendered in selective gold plating against a black nickel field, with the designer's initials DT visible below the truncation. The circular legend reads CHARLES III · 2024 · SOLOMON ISLANDS arranged along the upper periphery, while the denomination 50 CENTS appears in the lower exergual area. The portrait is executed in a contemporary, unadorned style befitting a modern Commonwealth coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Great Sphinx of Giza in left-facing profile, rendered in selective gold plating, set against a black nickel field with the pyramids of Giza rising prominently in the background, also in gold. Two Eye of Horus (Wadjet) symbols flank the composition — one in the upper left field and one in the lower right field — rendered in black against the dark background. An inner beaded border and an outer reeded rim frame the design. The curved legend THE GREAT SPHINX arcs along the upper portion of the coin. |
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The Solomon Islands has become one of the more prolific issuers of novelty bullion-adjacent collector pieces in the Pacific, licensing its minting authority to European private mints — primarily in Poland and the Czech Republic — for commemorative issues that have no practical circulation role. This sphinx piece is that arrangement in its purest form: a legal tender denomination from a nation thousands of kilometers from Egypt, produced for the international collector market rather than any domestic monetary purpose.
The black nickel and selective gold plating combination became a favored production technique at Mennica Polska and similar facilities after 2015, following demand for visually differentiated low-mintage issues.