25 September 2002

How the Portraits Are Rotated On The Australia Polymer Notes Series?

How can you tell which side is the front or back for the Australia polymer series?

Australia polymer notes are all printed with the portraits of famous people in this country. The notes are designed in such a manner that portraits of a female and male are rotated on each denomination.

For the first and second polymer series, the portrait printed are;-

$5 - Queen Elizabeth the ll / Parliament House,
$10 - AB Banjo Patterson / Mary Gilmore,
$20 - John Flynn / Mary Reibey,
$50 - Edith Cowan / David Unaipon, and
$100 - John Monash / Nellie Melba,
$5 - Sir Henry Parkes / Catherine Helen Spence (2001 commemorative)

As you can see from the above, only the $5 regular note is printed with the portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second. So, how can you tell which side is the front and which one is the back?

The note printed with the signatures is the front and on the back is printed with the serial number. This is the same as those last paper decimal series.