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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 This $10 Portrait set was a failure at that time and the series was later withdrawn as it was not popular among collectors.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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18 October 2009

Australia Five Dollars Knowing Your Note

Denomination: $5
Date of first release: 7 July 1992
Designer: Bruce Steward, Chief Designer of NPA
Size: 65 mm x 130 mm

Design Behind The Note

Obverse
The portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second. The design of the portrait came from a photograph taken by John Lawrence. Other features of the notes are; -
* Foreground Printing Main Design Features – A slightly raised print that can be felt with the fingers is used for the Queen’s portrait, gum leaves, denomination (numeral and words), legal tender clause, and ‘AUSTRALIA”;
* Background Printing – Multi-coloured, fine-line patterns appear on each side of the note, in flat printing;
* Micro Printing – The words “FIVE DOLLARS” are carefully printed in very small letters and, under magnification, are clearly and sharply defined;
* Coat of Arms – The Australian Coat of Arm can be seen beneath the printing when the note is held up to the light;
* When the note is held up to the light, a seven-pointed star within a circle is formed, by four points on one side of the note, combining perfectly with three points on the other.


Reverse
The main design of the note is the new Australia Parliament on Capital Hill in Canberra. The new Parliament was opened by Queen Elizabeth ll on 9 May 1988. The design also includes the landscape plan of the Parliament building as well as the old Parliament at the bottom of the note. The old parliament was opened in 1927.
Other features are; -
* A gum flower can be seen from either side of the note. It is surrounded by a transparent area;
* A slight raised print that can be felt with the fingers is used for Parliament House, landscape plan, geometric shapes, denomination numeral and “AUSTRALIA”.

The recoloured $5 note (brighter in colour) was released on 24 April 1995.



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