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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II First Lunar Vehicle
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, a drop earring, and a pearl necklace, as modelled by Raphael Maklouf. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field, with SOLOMON ISLANDS arcing along the upper right. The date 1992 appears in the lower exergue, flanked by two small dots. The engraver's initials RDM are visible at the base of the portrait truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 1992 |
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The "First Lunar Vehicle" designation refers to the Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle, deployed in July 1971 — the first wheeled vehicle driven on the Moon. Apollo 15 was also the first mission to carry a scientific instrument module in the service bay, and commander David Scott famously conducted a live television demonstration of Galileo's gravity experiment on the lunar surface by dropping a hammer and feather simultaneously.
Solomon Islands issued a wave of commemorative silver crowns in the early 1990s under the Royal Mint's facilitated program for smaller Commonwealth territories. KM#40 belongs to that series.