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Fantasy - 3 Dollars Malaita island
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Reverse description | A full-colour naturalistic depiction of a Roman snail (Helix pomatia) in profile, facing left, its banded amber and red shell prominently rendered against a coloured green leaf background. The species name HELIX arcs along the left field and POMATIA along the upper right field in bold Latin lettering. The denomination 3 DOLLARS appears in the lower field, with the date 2025 inscribed below in the exergue area. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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No such denomination has ever been issued for Solomon Islands legal tender, and Malaita — the most populous island in the archipelago and historically the center of labor recruitment abuses during the "blackbirding" era — has no particular connection to a three-dollar monetary unit. This is a privately produced fantasy piece, manufactured for the novelty market with no official sanction from the Central Bank of Solomon Islands.