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Australian five-pound note

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104: 752: 264: 234:, and lasted three years after his death. The colour was blue but 181×79, and was legal tender. The obverse has the Kings portrait on the left with the coat of arms on the right sides, the reverse has on the left two men carrying bags and one rolling a barrel representing commerce, five was on the right side. 201:
Designed and printed by Thomas S. Harrison, the note was made longer and narrower to improve printing efficiency (six notes could fit onto a sheet instead of four) and further security features were added: a basketweave watermark was used around the borders and the denomination appears in watermarks
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Following the discovery of forgeries, a mosaic of fives was added to the reverse of the note and the horizontal red/yellow bands on the first design were replaced by a vertical phasing of purple/yellow/purple. 10,293,018 of these notes were printed.
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29,133,000 banknotes of this type were issued, the only change was the "Chairman of Directors, Note Issung Department, Commonwealth Bank of Australia" to " Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia".
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The first five-pound note was issued in 1913, with 693,442 being printed. The reverse of the note possessed horizontal red/yellow bands.
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in the center of the note. 11,290,400 of these notes were printed.
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was first issued in 1913 and featured a scene looking along the
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Pound
Australian pounds

Hawkesbury River
Brooklyn
Kangaroo Point
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King George V
King George VI
Money portal
Banknotes of the Australian pound
"Overhaul for historic Kangaroo Point"
Reserve Bank of Australia Museum
Australian stamp
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