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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Versailles: Temple of Love
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right rim. The denomination $50, weight 100g, and fineness Au 999 are inscribed along the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | Versailles 2022 |
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The Temple of Love at Versailles was commissioned by Louis XVI as a gift for Marie Antoinette and completed in 1778, designed by Richard Mique. It housed a marble copy of Bouchardon's Cupid Fashioning a Bow — the original had already been moved to the Louvre. The structure sits within the Petit Trianon gardens, which Marie Antoinette controlled entirely independently of court ceremony, one of the few spaces at Versailles where royal protocol did not govern movement.
Solomon Islands has issued gold bullion pieces under the Elizabeth II effigy across dozens of such themed series, with KM numbering now well into four figures for the issuer.