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Solomon Islands
 
 

 

Country overview

 

 

Solomon Islands
Capital Honiara
Population (millions) 0.6
Area (sq km) 28,450
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 1,900

 

 

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 2008)
George Kiriau
 

 

 

 

CBSI Annual reports: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

 

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 for sale (additional offers)

 

 

Basic varieties of bank notes can be purchased further down this page from the bank notes' tables.

 

This table shows additional offers:

 

PIC REF. DESCRIPTION PRICE BUY
S1R1 $2. Year 2001. Note in folder. [P23] Image €9.00

 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Solomon Islands S1 Dollar 2 140x72 P23 NPA Guardian®

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S1S1 01 Houenipwela-Kiriau SPECIMEN; serial number AA 01 000 000 not given F  B
S1R1 01 Houenipwela-Kiriau [P23] €3.00
 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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