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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 100 Years as British Protectorate
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1977-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara and drop earring, with a draped neckline, engraved by Raphael Maklouf. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left rim and 'SOLOMON ISLANDS' along the right rim. The date '1993' appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. The design is set within a broad, plain field with a raised rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | WESTERN PACIFIC ORDER IN COUNCIL 1893 10 DOLLARS |
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The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was declared in 1893, initially to suppress the blackbirding trade — the violent recruitment, often amounting to kidnapping, of islanders for forced labor on Queensland sugar plantations and Fijian cotton farms. This coin marks the centenary of that declaration. The protectorate's early administration was skeletal; a single Resident Commissioner governed a scatter of islands with minimal resources for decades.
KM#49 is a one-year type with no known circulation, struck for the commemorative market.