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20 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1987-2010 |
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| Value | 20 Cents |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS RDM 2005 |
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| Edge | Milled |
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The Solomon Islands gained independence from Britain in 1978, and the currency infrastructure that followed was built almost from scratch under the newly established Central Bank. This 20-cent denomination filled a practical gap in everyday commerce across an archipelago where inter-island trade relied heavily on small-denomination coinage rather than notes, which fared poorly in the humid Pacific climate.
The shift to nickel-plated steel from the earlier nickel-brass composition reflected broader Commonwealth mint cost-cutting through the 1980s, a pattern seen across numerous Pacific island issues of the period.