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The Reserve Bank of Australia has the sole responsibility for the issue of Australian banknotes.
Australian banknotes are printed by Note Printing Australia Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia), in Melbourne. Note Printing Australia Limited has printed polymer banknotes for a number of countries including Bangladesh, Brunei, Chile, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Western Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
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∙ 12y agoThe designers of Australia's current polymer banknotes are as follows -
Five Dollar - Bruce Stewart
Five Dollar (Federation) - Garry Emery
Ten Dollar - Max Robinson
Twenty Dollar - Garry Emery
Fifty Dollar - Brian Sadgrove
One Hundred Dollar - Bruce Stewart
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∙ 13y agoEvery country has a government appointed central banking authority responsible for overseeing its economy and the production of its currency.
Australia has the Reserve Bank of Australia. The RBA has a wholly owned subsidiary for printing banknotes being, Note Printing Australia Limited.
Great Britain has the Bank of England. De La Rue Currency is currently responsible for printing British banknotes under contract to the BoE.
Scotland and Northern Ireland have several Bank of England backed banks to manufacture and issue Scottish and Northern Ireland banknotes.
New Zealand has the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. The RBNZ contracts banknote manufacturing out to Note Printing Australia Limited.
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∙ 12y agoThe Royal Australian Mint Canberra has the sole responsibility for minting Australia's circulating coins.
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What types of things are on Australian coins and banknotes?
All Australian coins feature the reigning Monarch on the obverse, currently Queen Elizabeth II since 1953. For the introduction of the Australian decimal currency in 1966, it was decided to have a uniquely Australian design for coins and most banknotes. See the links below to the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) and The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) for images of current Australian coins and banknotes.
What features does an Australian banknote have?
All Australian banknotes will have "AUSTRALIA" printed on them in large, difficult to miss letters. All Australian banknotes have the signatures of the "Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia" and the "Secretary to the Treasury". All Australian banknotes have a serial number on them in at least one place. All Australian banknotes have "This Australian note is legal tender throughout Australia and its territories", or something similar printed on them. All Australian banknotes have the denomination printed in letters and printed in numerals. All current Australian banknotes are made from a polymer compound and feature various security devices such as holograms and micro printing to make life more difficult for counterfeiters. See the related link below to the Reserve Bank of Australia for more detail on Australian banknotes.
What are the security features found on Australian banknotes?
All current Australian banknotes have similar types of security features, although each denomination has specific features peculiar to that denomination. See the link below to the Reserve Bank of Australia.
What are the features of the Australian One Hundred Dollar note?
See the link below to the Reserve Bank of Australia for design features of the current Australian One Hundred Dollar note and all other current Australian banknotes.
Who is on the Australian percent note?
Australia does not have a "percent" note. Current circulating Australian banknotes are the Five, Ten, Twenty, Fifty and One Hundred Dollar notes.
Who was Annie dorrington?
annie dorrington designed the current australian flag
Where can someone find some Australian notes?
Someone can find some Australian notes in Australia as they are used as banknotes there. Information and pictures of Australian Banknotes can be found online on a site called "AustralianBanknotes".
What is on the transparent window of the Australian One Hundred Dollar note?
The character on the holographic window of the Australian One Hundred Dollar note is a "Lyre Bird". These are part of the security devices included on all current Australian polymer banknotes.
Which male Australian should be on the Australian banknotes?
Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities on its banknotes, people who have contributed and made a difference. Apart from the reigning king or queen, all those people who have appeared on Australian banknotes to date are dead, which is one of the current criteria. A few names to consider might be Dr Fred Hollows, Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop, Peter Lalor, Sir Thomas Blamey, Bert Hinkler, Robert O'Hara Burke and Edward Eyre.
Who buys Australian paper banknotes?
Collectors and coin dealers.
What bird is on the Australian 100 Dollar note?
Animals do not feature on current Australian banknotes. The only animals appearing on current Australian banknotes are some horses on the Ten and One Hundred Dollar notes, and a camel on the Twenty Dollar note. There is also a stylised Lyrebrid on the hologram of the One Hundred Dollar note.
Is there any note which costs one million dollar note?
There are no Australian One Million Dollar banknotes. There are no collectible Australian banknotes that would get anything near One Million Dollars.
