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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a vignette of traditional Poata shell money, with a female artisan at work using a turtle-shell flywheel drill to perforate shell disks and beads, illustrating a customary craft practice integral to Solomon Islands cultural heritage. The composition is rendered in multicolour intaglio and letterpress, with the denomination inscription appearing in the lower register. |
| Reverse lettering | SOLOMON ISLANDS Ten Dollars |
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The Solomon Islands switched from the Australian dollar to its own currency in 1977, two years after achieving self-government. By the 1986 issue, the Central Bank was still in its early institutional years, and Thomas De La Rue had been supplying the series from the outset — the printer's relationship with Pacific island states being a near-monopoly arrangement throughout this period.
Watermark-only security on this issue reflects the relatively modest specification common to low-risk, low-volume Pacific currencies of the time. No security thread, no fluorescent inks.