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2 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
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| Obverse description | Second effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Arnold Machin, depicted as a right-facing draped bust wearing a tiara and with hair elaborately coiffed. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field, SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right, and the date 1985 appears in the lower exergue, all struck in raised Latin lettering against a plain field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The KM#2a designation marks the transition from the original bronze composition to bronze plated steel — a cost-driven substitution common across Pacific island nations in the early 1980s as copper prices climbed and small-denomination production became economically untenable. The Solomon Islands had only gained independence in 1978, and the Central Bank was still rationalizing its coinage infrastructure during this period.
The steel core makes these distinguishable from earlier strikes with a magnet.