Timeline

• 08.11.1910
• Regulation [Currency, No. 4] on legal tender status of British coins; effective immediately
• 14.09.1916
• Regulation [Currency Notes, No. 10] on the issuance of paper money of 5, 1 Pounds, 10, 5 Shillings by the government (unclear if also on the establishment of a currency commission); effective immediately
  - First issue dated 18.12.1916, further issues dated 27.07.1921, 02.01.1926, 30.06.1932 (not released).
• 25.03.1937
• Ordinance [Currency, No. 2] on the adoption of the Australian currency (possibly the demonetization of the 1916 government notes); effective 25.09.1937 (by Order in Council [British Solomon Islands Protectorate and Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (Currency), No. 627] of 01.07.1937].
  - Amended by ordinance [Currency (Amendment), No. 1] of ??.??.1938.

Valuation Regimes

• 1910-1937
• Fixed rate against British Pound

Timeline

• 1942-1945
• Japanese occupation of the Solomon Islands:
  - Issuance of Japanese Military Yen for the Pacific Islands ("Oceania") denominated in "Shilling" at a rate of 1 Military Yen = 1 Australian Shilling, which corresponded to a devaluation by -27.2%.
  - After liberation, the Australian currency was restored, the Japanese occupation currency was not redeemed (?).
• ??.??.1965
• Ordinance [Currency (Amendment), No. 15] on the adoption of the Australian decimalization; effective 14.02.1966

Timeline

• 27.02.1976
• Law [Monetary Authority Act, No. 4] on the establishment of the Solomon Islands Monetary Authority and creation of a national currency; effective upon constitution of the authority on 01.06.1976
• 24.10.1977
• Start of currency exchange:
  - 24.10.1977: Start of issuance of the new banknotes and coins
  - 30.10.1978: Demonetization of the Australian currency.
• 27.02.1976
• Law [Monetary Authority (Amendment) Act, No. 19] on the (provisional) transformation of the Solomon Islands Monetary Authority into the Central Bank of the Solomon Islands; effective upon constitution of the bank on 23.01.1983
  - 18.12.2012: Law [Central Bank Act, No. 6] on the (definitive) establishment of the central bank; effective 01.01.2013.

Valuation Regimes

• 1977-1979
• Fixed rate against Australian Dollar
• 1979-
• Variable rate