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2019 - Here I have a complete collection of all Australian polymer notes (single note) issued since 1988, including all commemorative / numismatic notes, joint issues and special serial numbered issues. The only set that I do not have, at the moment, is the 1998 $10 Portraits AA98/AB98 (with or without frame). This $10 Portrait set was a failure at that time and the series was later withdrawn as it was not popular among collectors. The price was not right then for me too and that was why I didn't buy them. It was the NPA intention then to release all portrait sets on a yearly basis starting with the $10 note and collectors were also given the opportunity to get them all with matching serial numbers too. Unfortunately this was not to be the case.

* Australian banknotes are also the official currency of Christmas Island, Norfolk Islands, Keeling and Cocos Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. The Australian banknotes were also once circulating as an official currency of Hebrides (Vanuatu), Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands prior to gaining independence. *

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27 September 1996

...Australia - 1996 Prints First Prefix

Australia

1996 Issues Full Set
Signatures
Governor - Ian John Macfarlane
Secretary - Edward Alfred 'Ted' Evans

Posted here are 6 notes all printed with the year-date of 1996. For the 1996 prints, the $5 was issued twice with different bank governors. First it was Governor Bernie Fraser and then later Ian Macfarlane.

Prefixes issued
$5 = BA96 to EA96 (Bernie Fraser and Ted Evans)
$10 = AA96 to DF96
$20 = AA96 to DA96
$50 = AA96 to DA96
$100 = AA96 to JK96
$5 = BA96 to EA96 (Ian Macfarlane and Ted Evans)

Five Dollars, ND1996 P51b
First Prefix "BA96"
Governor - Bernard William 'Bernie' Fraser
Secretary - Edward Alfred 'Ted' Evans
Five Dollars, ND1996 P51a
First prefix "BA96"
Ten Dollars, ND1996 P52a
First Prefix "AA96"
Twenty Dollars, ND1996 P53a
First Prefix "AA96"
Fifty Dollars, ND1996 P54a
Regular Prefix
One Hundred Dollars, ND1996 P55a
First Prefix "AA96"

26 September 1996

...Australia - Signatures Specimens of Ian John Marfarlane and Edward Alfred "Ted" Evan

Signature Specimens

Governor - Ian John Marfarlane (Sept 1996-17.9.2006)
Secretary - Edward Alfred "Ted" Evans (24.1993-26.4.2001)
Five Dollars, P56 Federation CommemorativeFive Dollars, P51
Ten Dollars, P52 Twenty Dollars, P53
Fifty Dollars, P54
One Hundred Dollars, P55

.Australia - Signatures Specimens of Ian John Marfarlane and Dr Kennnett Ross "Ken" Henry

Signature Specimens

Governor - Ian John Marfarlane (Sept 1996-17.9.2006)
Secretary - Dr Kennnett Ross "Ken" Henry (27.4.2001-4.3.2011)
Five Dollars, P57a Ten Dollars, P58a
Twenty Dollars, P59a
Fifty Dollars, P60a

18 September 1996

.Australia - Two $5 1996 Change of Governor Signatures Commemorative

Australia

$5 Change of Governors Commemorative Sets - Premium and Deluxe

Bernie Fraser was appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia on 18.09.1989 and ended his role on 17.09.1996. He was replaced by Ian Macfarlane and went on to become the new bank governor until 2006. To celebrate this, two folders were issued to celebrate this changeover.  

The prefixes of the notes are the first letter of the Governors and Secretary To The Treasury's surnames - 'FE' and 'ME'.

Issue details
1000 sets Premium Folders Red serial number - $79 per set;
1500 sets Deluxe Folders Black serial number - $39 per set.

Governor - Bernard William 'Bernie' Fraser
Secretary - Edward Alfred 'Ted' Evans
Governor - Ian John Macfarlane
Secretary - Edward Alfred 'Ted' Evans
Black S/N Set - 1,500 Sets Issued
Prefix "FE" - Fraser/Evans
Prefix "ME" - Macfarlane/Evans
Red S/N Set - 1,000 Sets Issued
Prefix "FE" - Fraser/Evans
Prefix "ME" - Macfarlane/Evans