...Australia - $50 ND2016 Reprints

Australia

Fifty Dollars ND2016 Reprints

This is the last print for the first polymer first series. This note was first introduced in 1995. In 2003, the design was modified slightly in 2003. The $50 is the only denomination printed/issued almost every year since 1995 with the exception of 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2015. None were printed between 2000 to 2002 as NPA had printed a large quantity in 1999 in case the country encountered the Y2K/Millennium bug. Needless to say this is the most popular denomination circulating in the economy in the country.

Signatures; -
Governor - Glenn Robert Stevens
Secretary To The Treasury -  John Arthur Fraser

 

Prefixes range - AA16 to DA16

Fifty Dollars

nd2016, First Prefix AA, (b.David Unaipon (b.1872-1967)

Reverse - Edith Dircksey Cowan OBE (b.1861-1932)

Fifty Dollars

nd2016, Last Prefix DA, (b.David Unaipon (b.1872-1967)

Reverse - Edith Dircksey Cowan OBE (b.1861-1932)

...Australia - $5 (Reprint) and $50 Next Generation Series 2018

Australia

Fifty Dollars Next Gen Series ND2018

This is the new $50 polymer banknotes and is the third issue for the Next Gen series. This note was issued on 18.10.2018. The prefixes issued are from AA18 to IB18.

The Reserve Bank of Australia retains the main designs of this note with the portrait of David Unaipon on the front and Edith Cowan on the back. Both the portraits are slightly modified too.

David Unaipon was a preacher, inventor and author, whilst Edith Dircksey Cowan OBE was a former member of the Western Australia Legislative Assembly

Update:-
On 09.05.2019, almost seven months after it was first released, it was reported that the entire issue was all printed with an error on the note. The micro text word 'RESPONSIBIL(I)TY' is missing the 3rd "I". This error is repeated 3 times, on lines 2, 8 and 20. As all notes are printed with the same error and therefore it's not rare!

This is a bit embarrassing but nothing can be done. No doubt the next reprints will have these corrected.

Signatures:-
Governor - Philip Rowe
Secretary To The Treasury - John Arthur Fraser

Fifty Dollars

nd2018, First Prefix AA18, David Unaipon (b.1872-1967)

Reverse - Edith Dircksey Cowan (b.1861-1932)

Fifty Dollars

nd2018, Normal Prefix EA18, David Unaipon (b.1872-1967). This was initially reported to be the last prefix.

Reverse - Edith Dircksey Cowan (b.1861-1932)

Error Spelling - RESPONSIBIL(I)TY

Fifty Dollars

ND2018, Last Prefix IB

Reverse

 

Five Dollars

The late Queen Elizabeth the Second (b.1926-2022)

nd2018, Parliament House in Canberra, ACT

Update: 24.08.2023 - Added Five dollars last prefix EJ18

Dimensions - 131mm x 66mm

Five Dollars ND2018

The late Queen Elizabeth the Second (b.1926-2022)

nd2018, Parliament House in Canberra, ACT

.Australia - 1988 Bicentenary Coins and Banknotes Portfolio Album

Australia

1988 Bicentenary Coins and Banknotes Portfolio Album

This was the first joint ventured issue between Note Printing Australia (NPA) and the Royal Australian Mint (RAM). This album consists of three proof coins ($2, $5 and $10) and three uncirculated notes of $2, $5 (both paper) and a $10 polymer 1998 commemorative dated note. The $10 polymer note was a one off commemorative issue. The $2 note featured the last prefix of LQG. The bank ceased printing the $2 paper note in 1988 following the release of the new $2 coin and in 1992 ceased issuing the paper $5 note when the first $5 polymer note was released. A total of 25,000 sets were released to the public at $120 each per set. Instead of printing a separate certificate for each album, the set number for each set was taken from the serial number of the $5 note. In this case, this is set #9808 of 25,000 sets. The NPA/RAM retained the first 20 sets for their own archives and 4,980 sets with serial numbers ranging from 000021 to 005000 were sold at the International Coins and Banknotes Fair in Melbourne. Needless to say the lowest number one can buy was the set number 000021. The remaining 20,000 sets were sold via mail listing orders. It should be noted that there is nothing special about this unless you are also a coins collector. The serial numbers on the notes are not matching nor they are specially printed in other colours either. The notes are normal circulating type and neither of them has any special letter prefixes or commemorative text printed on it except that you get the last prefix paper note for the $2. Unfortunately this was not the case for the $5 note as at the time of the release, the $5 was still the current series then and the first $5 polymer note was not issued until 1992. The last prefix for the $5 paper note series is QPG (RA Johnston / BW Fraser). This is just one of the many joint ventured numismatic products issued by NPA & RAM and in my opinion this issue was not a successful one either. It was never my intention to get this set until now as it has no special purpose, apart from paying a high premium for the folder and cover materials. Despite 20 years since it was first released, you can still get this set at an issued price or even less depending on your luck. In all, a total of 4 joint issues were released by NPA/RAM since 1988.

Signatures on all the notes: -
Governor - Robert Alan Johnston
Secretary To The Treasury - Bernard William Fraser

Folder Front Cover

Coins - Side One

Coins - Side Two

Banknotes - Front

Banknotes - Reverse

Footnote/Opinion: -
In my opinion, this is not worth buying unless you have a big ego like me. There is nothing special at all for this set if you are a banknotes collector. However I am not sure about the coins. Only a serious coins collector can tell you this.

...Australia - 2017 $10 Next Generation Series

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)

...Australia Signatures - Philip Lowe and John A Fraser

Governor - Philip Lowe [since 18.09.2016]
Treasurer - John Arthur Fraser [since 15.01.2015] (17th Secretary to the Treasury)