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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2005-2011 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | A seated figure, rendered in intaglio in purple on a multicolour underprint, works a traditional bow-drill to produce shell money, with strands of finished shell currency and decorative tassels sweeping in a stylised arc to the left. The national coat of arms appears as a secondary vignette to the upper left, while geometric guilloche patterns fill the right field. The denomination numeral and text are set in matching intaglio lettering in the lower register. |
| Reverse lettering | SOLOMON ISLANDS Ten Dollars 10 |
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The Solomon Islands adopted a modified note format in 2005 partly in response to regional counterfeiting pressure — De La Rue's contract for this series included upgraded intaglio printing on the face, though the security architecture remained relatively modest by contemporary Pacific regional standards. The watermark is the primary anti-counterfeiting measure, which by 2005 was considered a minimum rather than a strong deterrent.
P#27 spans an unusually long print window for a small-economy note. Extended runs like this typically indicate low replacement demand — the Islands' limited formal retail economy meant individual notes cycled slowly.