Apart from its regular circulating coinage, Solomon Islands has authorised a number of private 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 - typically, one ounce of silver (abbreviated as 1 oz Ag, where "Ag" comes from the Latin word for silver, Argentum). These are usually dedicated to historical or general popular culture themes not related to the country itself.
The Fender Telecaster Silver Coin is part of coin series from PAMP Suisse, which features coins shaped as the objects they depict.
The Mint says about it:
This legal tender coin in 999.9 fine silver honours the Telecaster, created in 1950 and the world’s first commercially successful, solid body electric guitar that transformed or defined many music genres, including country, reggae, rock, pop, folk, soul, blues, jazz, punk, metal, alternative, indie rock, and R&B.
Precisely engraved and colourised to authentically replicate the Telecaster’s renowned design, this coin is limited to a mintage of only 2,500 pieces worldwide, each individually serialised and secured within a custom capsule. |
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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 tiny letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley). The portrait is small and is in the left part of the obverse.
On the right, along the neck of the guitar, the monarch's legend and the face value: ELIZABETH II · SOLOMON ISLANDS · 2 DOLLARS. In the upper right part of the body, the date of issue 2021; in the lower right, the unique serial number of the coin. |
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