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September 21, 2023
2 dollars 1988 to 2023 - Price Guide and values
Two dollar Australian coins showing an archetype of an Aboriginal tribal elder on reverse were released for the first time in circulation on June 20, 1988 to replace the two dollar note which had a short service life through high use. Numerous designers were invited to contribute designs for the two dollar coin based on a brief to include a representation of the head and shoulders of an Aboriginal Australian, the Southern Cross and Australian flora.
September 18, 2023
Plate Identification Letter Locations on Australian Banknotes
A Plate Identification Letter (PIL) is a very small letter found on each note of nearly all Paper Decimal notes issued. Although initially thought to be a security device, it seems tenable now that they were included to assist with quality control.
September 16, 2023
1 dollar 1984 to 2023 - Price Guide and values
One dollar Australian coins showing five kangaroos on reverse were released for the first time in circulation on May 14, 1984 to replace the one dollar note which had a short service life through high use. In 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991, no 1-dollar coin were produced for circulation.
September 14, 2023
1 pound 1938 to 1966 banknotes - Prices guide and values
The first signature combination - Sheehan/McFarlane - was printed in green, while the remaining combinations until 1953 were printed in black. Approximately 1,066,000,000 one pound notes were produced between 1953 and 1966 with the only changes being in signatory H. C. Coombs' title when responsibility for issuing notes was transferred from the Commonwealth Bank to the Reserve Bank of Australia and in the shade of green used on the reverse of the note.
September 12, 2023
50 cents 1966 to 2023 - Price Guide and values
Fifty cent Australian coins showing the Commonwealth Coat of Arms on reverse were released for the first time in circulation on February 14, 1966. First ones made in silver, a new shape and alloy was reintroduced into circulation in September, 1969 because silver price rose above the face value and to help solve the confusion with the twenty cents.