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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II First Lunar Vehicle
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "First Lunar Vehicle" designation refers to the Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle, deployed in July 1971 — the first wheeled vehicle driven on the Moon. Apollo 15 was also the first mission to carry a scientific instrument module in the service bay, and commander David Scott famously conducted a live television demonstration of Galileo's gravity experiment on the lunar surface by dropping a hammer and feather simultaneously.
Solomon Islands issued a wave of commemorative silver crowns in the early 1990s under the Royal Mint's facilitated program for smaller Commonwealth territories. KM#40 belongs to that series.