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| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The national arms vignette occupies the right portion of the note, supported by two crocodiles and bearing the motto TO LEAD IS TO SERVE on a ribbon below, while the Solomon Islands national flag is positioned at left centre on a guilloche-patterned ground. The lower border carries a decorative frieze with two pigs flanking a traditional canoe prow motif, and two-colour denomination numerals appear at lower left and lower right corners. Two manuscript signatures of the Governor and Secretary of Finance appear across the centre field. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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| Comments |
The P#24 series was part of a broader reissue program the Central Bank undertook in the early 2000s, refreshing the existing design family rather than introducing new imagery — a cost-conscious decision common among smaller Pacific island issuers working within limited central bank budgets. Thomas De La Rue's involvement goes back to the very first Solomon Islands issues following independence in 1978, making this a long-standing commercial relationship rather than a competitive tender.
Security provision on this note is modest by contemporary standards — watermark and thread only, with no optically variable elements.