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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 This $10 Portrait set was a failure at that time and the series was later withdrawn as it was not popular among collectors.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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01 October 2013

.Australia - 1988-1998 10th Anniversary of Australia Polymer Note (Premium Folder)

Australia

Commemorative - 10 Years of Polymer Banknotes in Australia (Premium Folder)
Red Serial Folder (1000 sets issued)

Signatures - 1988
Governor - Robert Alan 'Bob' Johnston
Secretary To The Treasury - Bernard William 'Bernie' Fraser
Signatures - 1998
Governor - Ian John Macfarlane
Secretary To The Treasury - Edward Alfred 'Ted' Evans

This is a commemorative Premium folder issued in 1998 to celebrate Australia 10th year of Australia Polymer notes. This folder contained a 1988 $10 commemorative note and a 1998 $10 note (overprinted with 26 January 1998) with red serial numbers (only the 1988 polymer note). Australia first issued a $10 polymer note in 1988 commemorating the 200th year of British settlement in Australia (1788 to 1988). In 1992, Australia commenced introducing it's first circulating polymer note of $5 and subsequently released the rest of the denominations on a yearly basis with one note each per year starting from the lowest denomination to the highest. The last note of $100 was released in 1996. Two versions of these folders were released -  Premium and Deluxe. These are distinguished by the colour of the serial numbers, with red as Premium set and black as Deluxe set. The premium set was sold for $85. A total of 2,500 sets issued and 1000 of these were issued as Premium folder (red serial number. The remaining 1500 were printed with black serial numbers and sold for $49 per set.

Ten Dollars
Dated 1988, Aboriginal boy
Reverse - HMS Endeavor

Ten Dollars
Dated 26 January 1998, Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson CBE (b.1864-1941)
Reverse - Dame Mary Jean Gilmore DBE (b.1865-1962)

Front Cover