Australian 10 shilling note

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Ten shillings (Australia)
Value: ½ Australian pound
Width: 137 mm
Height: 76 mm
Security Features: Watermark
Paper Type: Cotton
Years of Printing: 1913-1966
Obverse
Obverse
Design: Matthew Flinders
Designer:  ?
Design Date: 1953
Reverse
Reverse
Design: Reserve bank building.
Designer:  ?
Design Date: 1953

The 10/- banknote was first issued in 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.

Last banknote issue had a print of 557,548,000 banknotes.

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Preceded by
Ten shilling note (British)
Ten Shillings (Australian)
1910–1965
Succeeded by
One Dollar Note (Australian)