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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 This $10 Portrait set was a failure at that time and the series was later withdrawn as it was not popular among collectors.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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25 September 2013

.Australia - 1988 Ten Dollars Commemorative Polymer Block 4-Uncut Sheet

Australia

1988 $10 Australia First Polymer Banknotes Block of 4 Uncut Sheet
Signatures
Governor - Robert Alan 'Bob' Johnston
Secretary To The Treasury - Bernard William 'Bernie' Fraser
 
This is an uncut sheet of 4 (block of 4) note. The $10 commemorative note was first released on 26.01.1988. Some interesting facts here about these uncut sheets. Together with the 4-uncut strip, half and full sheets, a total of 4,500 sheets were printed. Out of this, 3,600 pieces (80% - sheets, blocks and strips) were sold at tender and bought by a dealer from Sydney. The remaining 900 pieces (20%) were retained by the bank. Of the 900 pieces, a total of 531 sheets, blocks and strips were then sold to senior bank staff at a price of $50 (127 x blocks or 316 x strips), $150 for half sheet (x 44) and $300 for full sheet (x 44). These uncut sheets were released in January 1989, one year after the circulating notes were released. There is no shortage in supply for these sheets judging by the amount of availability in the market, especially for the 4-Uncut and the half sheets.

Commemoration of the 200 years since the first British settlement in Australia (1788-1988).
Ten Dollars Block of 4
Dated 26.1.1988, HMS Endeavor
Reverse - aboriginal boy

Footnote: 
Once again, I need a larger scanner to fit in the uncut sheet. Part of the image has been cut off.