Australian ten-shilling note
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The 10/- banknote was first issued on 1 May 1913 as a blue banknote payable in gold. It was equal to a half sovereign gold coin. The sizes varied but the design was the same for the following issues: 1913–1914 issue was 194×83mm, 1915–1923 197×88 mm, 1923–1933 180×78mm. This issue was payable in gold but subsequent issues were legal tender.
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(Australia) | |
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Value | ½ Australian pound |
Width | 137 mm |
Height | 76 mm |
Security features | Watermark |
Material used | Cotton |
Years of printing | 1913–1966 |
Obverse | |
Design | Coat of arms of Australia (1908–12) |
Designer | ? |
Design date | 1913 Second issue (1918 note date) |
Reverse | |
Design | Goulburn Weir |
Designer | ? |
Design date | 1913 Second issue (1918 note date) |
The 1913 note was the world's first officially issued ten-shilling note. The first note, serial number M000001, was printed by Judith Denman, five-year-old daughter of the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Denman.[1]
The last banknote issue had a print of 557,548,000 banknotes.[citation needed][dubious – discuss]
The ten-shilling note was equivalent to one dollar upon decimalisation in 1966.