Australia first issued its own banknotes in 1913, three years after the issue of its first coins in 1910.
Private banks operating in Australia issued their own banknotes as early as 1817.
In 1910, the government assumed responsibilty for these privately issued banknotes and overprinted them. These notes were progressively withdrawn from circulation from 1913 onwards.
The first country to issue paper money was China and it was invented by Jiaozi of the Northern Song Dynasty.
If by "banknote" you refer to paper money including promissory notes and Treasury notes, the Bank of England and its predecessors have issued various forms of paper currency from as early as 1694. It is extremely likely that earlier forms of paper money were issued by different countries, but not as general circulation currency. Very few English notes have survived from prior to 1775.
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The first users of paper money where in China
The source of income were: taxes, selling bonds and issuing paper money. The first two were insufficient so that the Secretary of Treasury, Christopher Memminger decided to issue paper money. At the end of 1863 more than $ 700 million in paper money were in circulation.
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In what country? All major countries issue paper money. Please restate your query in a new, separate question.
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the function was to provide a safe place to keep government funds and it could also issue paper money as the currency. :D
China was the first country to use both paper money and the printing press.
The Song was the 1st Dynasty to develop paper money.
This is when paper money first became popular. It was actually in 806 AD that paper money was used. The Chinese were the first ones to give bank slips and paper money under the T'ang dynasty. It was later abandoned in 1455 in China only to be reinstated in the 1800s.