Australian two-dollar note

Two Dollars (Australia)
Value: 2 Australian dollars
Width: 152 mm
Height: 76 mm
Security Features: metallic security thread, Watermark
Paper Type: Cotton fibre
Years of Printing: 1966-1988
Obverse
Design: John Macarthur and Merino sheep
Designer: Gordon Andrews
Design Date: 1965
Reverse
Design: William Farrer and Wheat
Designer: Gordon Andrews
Design Date: 1965

The Australian two dollar note was introduced in 1966 to replace the £1 note due to decimalisation.

Security Features

The paper design included a watermark in the white field of Captain James Cook, the watermark was also used in the last issue of pound banknotes. A metallic strip, first near the centre of the note, then from 1976 moved to the left side on the obverse of the note.

References

  • Ian W. Pitt, ed (2000). Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values (19th ed. ed.). Chippendale, N.S.W.: Renniks Publications. ISBN 0-9585574-4-6. 
Preceded by
One pound note (Australian)
Two Dollars (Australian)
1966–1988
Succeeded by
Two dollar coin (Australian)