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The US never printed a $1 million bill. Your note is a well-known novelty item that sells for a few dollars in gift shops and similar stores.
Australian bank notes do not have the year of printing on them. Older notes can be identified by a combination of the serial number and the signatures of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Secretary to the Treasury. From about 1993, the first two digits of the serial number indicate the year of printing, for example, AB 930123456 indicates that the note was printed in 1993. If it is a paper note and has the words "COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA" printed at the top on both sides, it was printed between 1966 and 1974. If it is a paper note and has the word "AUSTRALIA" printed at the top on both sides, it was printed between 1974 and 1994. If it is a polymer note, it was printed between 1994 and present day. To narrow it down any further, you will need to state whose signatures appear on the note as the "Governor Reserve Bank of Australia" and "Secretary to the Treasury". These two signatures change on alternating years, every two years. The Serial Number will help as well.
The year the bill was printed is on every US currency note. The year will be listed to the lower right of the bust of Andrew Jackson marked as "series" (year)
The year should be printed on the front of the bill
Dame Nellie Melba is depicted in the Australian 100 dollar note because she was a very good Australian artist in fact she was a opera soprano. Melba was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician and that is why she is in that note. However Australians sense of patriotism is very poor if you compare it with other countries in which much more important people are depicted in such big notes like a 100 dollar. While other countries pay homage to political leaders or freedom fighters that ultimately contributed to a national identity, Australia pays homage to artists and native Australians in it's notes and some coins too. Which is not bad but if you have to ask a fellow Australian about who is that guy or woman in the note or coin they will tell you that they just don't know. 'Obviously a sheila mate!'
From a currency perspective, the Australian One Dollar was withdrawn from circulation in 1984, so it really does not matter if they are fakes, also the One Dollar note is too small a denomination to go to the trouble of counterfeiting. From a collectors perspective, all Australian paper banknotes were made from a specially manufactured and prepared paper with a smooth texture. All Australian banknotes had intricate watermarks and metallic strips running through them. The colours are uniform and not blotchy, the coloured parts of the notes end in a straight line at either side of the note. Apart from "Star" replacement notes and first and last prefix notes, most Australian One Dollar notes do not have sufficient collector value to warrant counterfeiting.
The fact that you are holding it indicates it is fake. There is no such thing as a million dollar bill and one has never been printed.
It will read "Federal Reserve Note" at the very top of the bill.
It will have the words Silver Certificate printed across the top of the bill's front. In most but not all cases, the seal and serial numbers will be printed in blue ink.
One United States dollar is equivalent to 1.14131 Australian dollars. A really good resource for checking different currency exchanges is www.XE.com. Use of their currency converter is absolutely free. It is a really good currency site with lots of other information.
Its a "G Note" not worth a fortune, but see http://www.coincraft.com/catalog/displayitem.asp?ID=BEB3945&mid=9&cID=181
I would take it to a bank. They will either laugh and tell you it is a sham or tell you what to do. My guess, it is fake.