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The notes of the Australian dollar were first issued by the Reserve Bank of Australia on 14 February 1966, when Australia changed to decimal currency and replaced the pound with the dollar. [1] This currency was a lot easier for calculating compared to the previous Australian pound worth 20 shillings or 240 pence.
The Australian one-hundred-dollar note was first issued in 1984 as a paper note. [2] There have been two different issues of this denomination: initially a very light turquoise-blue paper note, and from May 1996, a green polymer note. [3] Since the start of issue there have been six signature combinations. Two other combinations were not issued.
The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; [2] [3] and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.
In June 2017, there were 128 million $10 notes in circulation, with a net value of $1.280 billion. [2] This was 2% of the cash value of all banknotes in circulation, and 8% of the number of all banknotes in circulation. [2] Since the start of issue of $10 notes, there have been eleven signature combinations, of which the 1967 issue is the most ...
The Australian fifty-dollar note is an Australian banknote with a face value of fifty Australian dollars ($50). Since 1995 it has been a polymer banknote featuring portraits of Edith Cowan , first female member of an Australian parliament, and inventor and Australia's first published Aboriginal Australian author, David Unaipon .
Since the start of issuance there have been 14 signature combinations, of which the 1967 issue is of the greatest value, issued for one year only; and the 1989 Phillip/Fraser being issued for less than a year. From 1966 to 1974 the main title identifying the country was Commonwealth of Australia, there
The Australian five-dollar note was first issued on 29 May 1967, fifteen months after the currency was changed from the pound to the dollar on 14 February 1966. It was a new denomination with mauve colouration – the pre-decimal system had no denomination with a value of £2 1 ⁄ 2. The first polymer version of the note was introduced on 7 ...
This uncirculated Australian Pound (£1) note, with the serial number (red-ink) P000001, was the first piece of currency to carry the Coat of Arms of Australia, and carries the imprinted signatures of George Allen (Secretary of the Treasury; 1 January 1901 – 13 March 1916) and James Collins (Assistant Secretary, later Secretary; 14 March 1916 ...