According to the Reserve Bank’s 2007 annual report, the average Australian has 43 banknotes worth $1,900. The $50 banknote accounts for nearly half the value of all notes on issue, and for 43 percent of the number of notes. The $100 accounts for 42 percent of the value, and 19Read More…
B134 (P28): 2 kina (US$0.60) Green. Front: English text; coat of arms with bird of paradise perched on Kundu drum and ceremonial spear; National Parliament building in Port Moresby. Back: English text; Mount Hagan axe; Kula arm band from Milne Bay Province; engraved dogs’ tooth necklace from Bougainville; Sepik clayRead More…
Like B131a, but without commemorative logo at left, and new signatures (Leonard Wilson Kamit, Governor; Simon Tossali, Secretary). Courtesy of Thomas Krause.Read More…
B520 (P109): 2 dollars (withdrawn 2013) Green. Front: English text; Mohar (sovereign locket); domodomo (canoe masthead) as registration device; Queen Elizabeth II; coat of arms. Back: English text; grandstands and track at ANZ National Stadium in Suva; schoolchildren in Korobasabasaga; mountains; domodomo; bank logo. 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalizedRead More…
Like B117a, but serial number has eight—not six—digits, uses different font, and is positioned different. Courtesy of Menelaos Stamatelos, Southeastern Numismatics.Read More…
, 500 vatu, ND (2006). Like Pick 5, but new signatures (Governor, Odo Tevi; Minister of Finance, Moana Carcasses Kalosil) windowed security thread, BB prefix, and De La Rue printer imprint. Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net and Kai Hwong.Read More…
, 1,000 vatu, ND (2006). Like Pick 10, but without overprint of seal for 25th anniversary of independence. Arms with Melanesian chief standing with spear, flanked by “VT” as latent image. Signatures: Odo Tevi, Governor; Moana Carcasse Kalosil, Minister of Finance. Melanesian male head as wmk, “FF” serial number prefix,Read More…
On 2 September 2006, the Central Bank of Solomon Islands issued the nation’s first ever $100 note, as well as a revised $2 note. The $100 note honors the country’s rural sector, according to a speech given by CBSI governor Rick Hou. The $2 note is like B213a, but isRead More…