One Dollar Silver 2021 Age of Dinosaurs - Tyrannosaurus Rex, Coin from Solomon Islands - detailed information

One Dollar Silver 2021 Age of Dinosaurs - Tyrannosaurus Rex, Coin from Solomon Islands
CoinOne Dollar Silver 2021 Age of Dinosaurs - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Apart from its regular circulating coinage, the Solomon Islands has authorised a number of mints to issue collector coins in precious metals, which are legal tender in the country but are not intended for general circulation. Many of them are in standard bullion sizes but some of them - such as this one - are not.

This coin is part of The Age of Dinosaurs series celebrating 200 years of discovery, and features the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

MintMDM Mint MarkNo mint mark Total Mintage 9,999
Obverse
Solomon Islands / One Dollar Silver 2021 Age of Dinosaurs - Tyrannosaurus Rex - obverse photo

The obverse of the coin shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend, the date of issue and the value: ELIZABETH II · 2021 · SOLOMON ISLANDS · ONE DOLLAR.

Obverse Inscription ELIZABETH II · 2021 · SOLOMON ISLANDS · ONE DOLLAR
Reverse
Solomon Islands / One Dollar Silver 2021 Age of Dinosaurs - Tyrannosaurus Rex - reverse photo

The reverse design portrays a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Above the dinosaur, an image of its footprint, below which the inscription TYRANNOSAURUS REX.

Vertically on the left, the precious metal content: 8g Ag .999 (eight grams of 99.9% silver; Ag is abbreviated from Argentum, the Latin word for silver).

Reverse Inscription TYRANNOSAURUS REX 8g Ag .999
EdgePlainEdge InscriptionNone
Notes

Finish: proof.

The coin has a seven-sided shape like the British 50 pence coin, which is an equilateral-curve heptagon, or Reuleaux polygon - a curve of constant width, meaning that the diameter is constant across any bisection.

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One Dollar Silver 2021 Age of Dinosaurs - Tyrannosaurus Rex: Details
CountrySolomon Islands
CurrencySolomon Islands Dollar
Coin TypeSilver Other Sizes
Issued2021
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
EffigyQueen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley
Face Value1 (x Dollar)
Total Mintage9,999
CurrentYes
Material0.999 Silver
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeHeptagon (Seven-sided)
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size28.5000 mm
Thickness2.000 mm
Mass8.0000 g
OCC IDLGVB-OLDC-ZMKN-OMPX
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