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Message:: [QUOTE="Notaphylic_C, post: 25864649, member: 130786"]The Solomon Islands achieved independence in 1976 & issued banknotes with QEII portraits from 1977-1986. The islands are northeast of Australia & a have population of less than 1,000,000. These mid-70's series printed by TDLR would have had very small print runs to serve such small numbers.  However, the lower denominations ($2.00 & $5.00) are plentiful & quite inexpensive in crisp UNC condition. The larger denominations ($10 & $20) can be much tougher (& dear) to source. P-5a 1977 $2.00:[ATTACH=full]1648465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648466[/ATTACH] P-6a 1977 $5.00:[ATTACH=full]1648467[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648468[/ATTACH] P-7ar 1977 $10.00 replacement:[ATTACH=full]1648469[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648470[/ATTACH] P-12 (1984) $20.00:[ATTACH=full]1648471[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648472[/ATTACH] Note that my $20 was from the 2nd print run in 1984 (whereas the 1st run P-8 was produced in 1981). Both are tough to source but I have seen more P-12's than P-8's offered. The $10 also had a 2nd (1984) print run (P-11). Also, I have seen seldom seen a 2nd uncommon signature variety on the $5.00 & the first $10.00 (P-6b & P-7b) which happen to be quite tough to scarce. The $10 replacement is very tough to source. As is typical with British notes, the larger the denomination, the larger the note. The $10 & $20 are fairly large so the back designs are even more appealing to eyeball![/QUOTE]