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Solomon Islands
 
 

 

Country overview

 

 

Solomon Islands
Capital Honiara
Population (millions) 0.5
Area (sq km) 28,450
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 1,700

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 18th All varieties 2
Year of the first polymer issue 2001 Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 1 Specimen 1
Current status Paper Regular 1
New polymer issues expected? No Replacement 0

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Central Bank of Solomon Islands
 

 

 

 
Governor Secretary, Finance

Rick Nelson Houenipwela
(1993 to date)
George Kiriau
 

 

 

 

CBSI Annual reports: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

 

CBSI Annual reports: Currency operations

The Central bank of Solomon Islands annual reports feature a section dedidated to currency operations. These currency reports are presented in this document (commencing with the year 1999, when polymer notes were first mentioned in the reports).
 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY S CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Solomon Islands 1 Dollar 2 140x72 P23 NPA Guardian®

S DATE_1 DATE_2 SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE PICS
1S1 01 not given Houenipwela-Kiriau AA 01 000 000 no data not given F  B
1R1 01 2001 Houenipwela-Kiriau no data €2.50
 F  B
 

 

Issued on 21.06.01 (replaced by a paper note on 02.09.06). CBSI Governor's statement (2001) on the occasion of the CBSI's 25th Anniversary and the launch of the $2 polymer bank note. CBSI Governor's remarks (2006) on the launching of Solomon Islands new $100 bank note and the upgraded [paper] $2 bank note.

 

 

Solomon Islands, 2 Dollars, issued in 2001. Issued to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands. Representing an island nation, closely dependent on the sea, birds, fish, and marine life images appear throughout the front and the back of the note. The head of the national bird, the Sanford Pacific Eagle, in the clear window. Front: The Coat of Arms of the Solomon Islands at right. Wood carvings of porpoises, angelfish and a food bowl featured in a panel along the bottom, while a pair of porpoises form a central design. Back: Men and children driving fish into shallow water to be speared.

 

 

 

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