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1 Cent - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1977-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of a traditional Solomon Islands nguzu nguzu, an ornately carved canoe prow figurine used as a protective spirit in war canoes, shown in three-quarter view with outstretched arms and detailed decorative patterning. The numeral 1 appears in the upper field above the figurine, and the denomination CENT is inscribed in capital letters along the lower portion of the field. The design, executed by David Thomas, celebrates indigenous Melanesian cultural heritage within a plain, unadorned field bounded by a raised rim. |
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The KM#1a designation marks the transition from the original bronze composition to bronze-plated steel — a cost-cutting measure adopted across many Pacific island nations during the early 1980s as raw material costs made small-denomination coinage increasingly uneconomical to produce. Solomon Islands gained independence in 1978, and the Central Bank was still calibrating its coinage infrastructure during this period.
The second portrait of Elizabeth II, by Arnold Machin, was in use from 1968 through the mid-1980s before Ian Rank-Broadley's effigy eventually succeeded it across Commonwealth issues.