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 This $10 Portrait set was a failure at that time and the series was later withdrawn as it was not popular among collectors.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

03 October 2021

...Australia - $100 Next Generation Series 2020 Lowe / Kennedy

Commonwealth of Australia

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
Currency : Dollar (AUD)

This is the final denomination of polymer note for the Next Generation series which first started in 2016 with the $5 polymer note.

Like all Australia polymer series since 1993, this note is printed with nd2020. This note was released to the public on 29.10.2020. The main features for the new note is basically the same as the previous polymer series as the previous $100 polymer note also featured the same two prominent Australians. They are featured on the note to celebrate the contributions made by these two people.

The designs
Front - Dame Nellie Melba (b. Melbourne 1861-1931), a soprano who performed in Australia, Europe and the USA in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Back - Sir John Monash (b. Melbourne 1865-1931) was an engineer, soldier and civic leader and a significant figure in the building-construction industry. Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. 
 
The Monash University in Melbourne was named after Sir John Monash. This is also the first time in the history of Australia that a university is named after a person and not the name of a city or a state. Monash University was founded in 1958.

It should be noted that this is not the only $100 Next Generation of note issued in 2020. Apart from this, the Reserve Bank of Australia also released another one with the same designs but with different dates (nd2019) and signatures. I have posted this note in one of my previous posts and you can also view the note here too. Technically, the note that I have posted here is the second print as it is dated (nd)2020.

In addition to the $100, the Reserve Bank has also printed the$5, $20 and $50 with the year date of (nd)2020. These $50 reprints would have corrected the word 'irresponsibility' misspelled on those first issued in 2018. I have not seen any of this new $50 yet but will update here once I have the note in hand.

Here I have posted the $100 with the AA20 first prefix, and also the EA20 prefix. It is now confirmed that the EA20 is the last prefix.

One Hundred Dollars (AA20 First Prefix)
Dame Nellie Melba (b.1861 - 1931)

Sir John Monash (b.1865-1931)

Signatures
Governor - Philip Lowe (since 18.09.2016)
Secretary To The Treasury - Steven Kennedy (since 02.09.2019) 
 
One Hundred Dollars (EA20 Last Prefix)
Dame Nellie Melba (b.1861 - 1931)

Sir John Monash (b.1865-1931)

Footnote:
In addition to the $100 note, the notes for the $5, $20 and $50 x 2 have also been printed as well. For the $50 note, two varieties are printed with the signatures of Lowe/Gaetjens and Lowe/Kennedy.