Australia
$10 Next Gen Series
This is the second of the Next Generation series of ten dollars polymer banknotes. This note was issued on 20.09.2017.
Like the previous $10 note, the new note retained the two portraits of writers Dame Mary Gilmore and Banjo Paterson. In keeping with the tradition, the front of the note is printed with a portrait of a female and a male on the back and this rotates on each denomination upward. All serial numbers are printed on the back. The $5 note is the only denomination that does not have a portrait on the back. Also the new series only has one set of serial numbers and not two as compared to previous polymer issues since 1992.
First Prefix - AA17
Last Prefix - EA17
The new note has the following features: -
• A rolling colour effect when the banknote is tilted;
• Top to bottom clear window;
• An image of the nib of a pen to represent both writers works;
• A flying cockatoo that will move its wings and change colour when the note is titled;
• A sulphur-crested cockatoo;
• A reversing number 10, which changes within the homestead on the note;
• An interpretation of the Bramble Wattle.
• Two raised bumps on each of the long edges of the banknote, which work as a tactile feature;
• A portrait of Banjo Paterson is based on a photograph taken in 1900;
• The designer’s interpretation of a horseman from the era of Paterson’s writing;
• Tiny parts of text in multiple locations on the banknote that includes excerpts from The Man from Snowy River; and
• A cockatoo and wattle branch printed with fluorescent ink and visible under UV light.
Signatures
Governor - Philip Rowe
Secretary To The Treasury - John Arthur Fraser
Ten Dollars
nd2017, Andrew Barton Paterson CBE (b.1864-1941), P63a |
Reverse - Dame Mary Jean Gilmore (B.1865-1962) |