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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 This $10 Portrait set was a failure at that time and the series was later withdrawn as it was not popular among collectors.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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15 January 2013

.Australia - 1997 $20 Emergency Services Premium Issue

Australia

Emergency Services NPA Joint Issue with Australia Post Premium Set
Note Issued with Pane of 25 Stamps Gutter Strip (10 x $1.20 Stamp)
Governor - Ian John Macfarlane
Secretary - Edward Alfred 'Ted' Evans
Issue Price $145. 1000 Sets Issued

This is a commemorative issue of $20, celebrating the Emergency Services in Australia. The designs on this note are the same as those $10 circulating at the time with the two words 'Emergency Services' printed in red on the note. This issue is limited to 1000 sets and was released at $145 per set. Like all commemorative issues, the first set with serial number ES97 000 001 was auctioned off with all proceeds donated to charity. The auction raised $1,400 for the set.

In addition to this 1000 sets, NPA and Australia Post also released 2000 sets with black serial numbers (deluxe sets). 

Twenty Dollars
nd1997, Mary Reibey (b.1777-1855)
Reverse - John Flynn OBE (b.1880-1951)

Pane of $1.20 Mint Stamps (MUH)

Hard Front Cover