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 This $10 Portrait set was a failure at that time and the series was later withdrawn as it was not popular among collectors.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

"no borrowed scans here nor i cut and pasted from other web sites. all notes posted here are all mine"

10 September 2016

.Australia - 2016 $5 Next Generation

Australia

$5 ND2016 Next Generation Polymer Banknote
Governor - Glenn Robert Stevens
Secretary To The Treasury - John Arthur Fraser

This is the new Australia series that was issued on 01.09.2016. Like those first issued in 1992, this note is also printed on plastic, with a round see through window and also another see-through window from top to bottom. The new $5 incorporated new security features which have not been seen on an Australian banknote.

The main features for the $5 new banknote remain the same i.e. the portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second, and the Parliament House in the capital city Canberra, which was first opened in 1988. As this is a new series, all new banknotes will depict a different species of Australian wattle and a native bird. For the new $5 banknotes, these are the Prickly Moses (yellow coloured) wattle and a Eastern Spinebill bird.

Also for the first time, the serial numbers are printed with 7 digits and not 6. A new tactile feature, in raised bump, is also added to the upper left side of the note and near the bottom edge too. This feature is to assist those who are affected by vision impairment, telling the difference between denominations of Australian bank notes, along with the bright colours, large and bold numbers, and different sizes for each denomination. Whilst this banknote is to replace the previous polymer series, all banknotes issued since Federation in 1901 are still legal tender. The release of this note also coincided with the 50th anniversary of Australia converting its currency from Pound Sterling to decimal system (14.02.1966). The dimension of this new note is the same as the previous polymer note (130mm x 65mm).

Five Dollars
ND2016, AA First Prefix
Reverse
Is this how the notes are printed?
AA - AB - AC - AD - AE - AF
AG - AH - AI - AJ - AK - BA
BB - BC - BD - BE - BF - BG
BH - BI - BJ - BK - CA - CB
CC - CD - CE - CF - CG - CH
CI - CJ - CK - DA - DB - DC
DD - DE - DF - DG - DH - DI
DJ - DK - EA - EB - EC - ED
EE - EF - EG - EH - EI - EJ (last prefix)

Each prefix is printed with 4,063,626 pieces or a total of 219,435,804, with a total value of $1,097,179,020.

EJ16 prefix is now confirmed as the last prefix.

I, personally, have not sighted the three prefixes of BF, BH and CK and I am sure these prefixes have been issued as well. There is no reason to believe they are not. However, it is interesting to see if EK has been printed and will we also see prefixes like FA, FB and so on as well? Now the hunt is on the last prefix note. If only we know what the last prefix is.

My earlier comment on the new $5 note

11.02.2016 News - It has now been announced that a new $5 "Wattle" note will be released on 01.09.2016 to coincide with the National Wattle Day. This is the first of the next generation of banknotes which will include a tactile feature for the benefit of those vision-impaired. The new series will retain the same colour, size and the same people that portrayed on the current notes. The release of the $5 will also mark the 50th anniversary of Australia's conversion to the decimal currency (14.02.1996). Full details of the note will be released in the middle of the year.