| Five Pound (Australia) | |
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| Value: | 5 Australian pounds |
| Width: | 170.18 (1913-1924), 180.34 (1924 onwards) mm |
| Height: | 106.68 (1913-1924), 78.74 (1924 onwards) mm |
| Security Features: | Mosaic of 5's |
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| Years of Printing: | 1913-1966 |
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| Design: | Coat of arms |
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| Design: | Hawkesbury River |
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The Australian five pound note was first issued in 1913 and featured a scene of the Hawkesbury River near Brooklyn, New South Wales.
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Timeline
1913
Signatories: Collins/Allen
The first five pound note was issued in 1913, with 693,442 being printed. The reverse of the note possessed horizontal red/yellow bands.
1914-1924
Signatories: Collins/Allen (1914-1917); Cerutty/Collins (1918-1924)
Following the discovery of forgeries, a mosaic of fives was added to the reverse of the note and the horizontal red/yellow bands on the first design were replaced by a vertical phasing of purple/yellow/purple. 10,293,018 of these notes were printed.
1924-1927
Signatories: Kell/Collins (1924-1926); Kell/Heathershaw (1927)
Designed and printed by Thomas S. Harrison, the note was made longer and narrower to improve printing efficiency (six notes could fit onto a sheet instead of four) and further security features were added: a basketweave watermark was used around the borders and the denomination appears in watermarks in the center of the note. 11,290,400 of these notes were printed.
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