Australian five-pound note
The Australian five-pound note was first issued in 1913 and featured a scene looking along the Hawkesbury River near Brooklyn, New South Wales, from the railway toward Kangaroo Point.[1] Upon decimalisation it had a value of 10 dollars.
Timeline
1913
Signatories: Collins/Allen
The first five-pound note was issued in 1913, with 693,442 being printed. The reverse of the note possessed horizontal red/yellow bands.
1914–1924
Signatories: Collins/Allen (1914–1917); Cerutty/Collins (1918–1924)
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.
1924–1927
Signatories: Kell/Collins (1924–1926); Kell/Heathershaw (1927)
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 in the center of the note. 11,290,400 of these notes were printed.
1927–1933
Signatories: Riddle/Heathershaw (1927, Note issuing department); Riddle/Heathershaw (1927–1932, Commonwealth Bank); Riddle/Sheehan (1932–1933)
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".
1933–1939
Signatories: Riddle/Sheehan (1933–1939)
This was a new design and the last issue with
1939–1952
Signatories: Sheehan/McFarlane (1939–1941); Armitage/McFarlane (1941–1949); Coombs/Watt (1949–1952); Coombs/Wilson (1952)
This was the first issue with
See also
References
- ^ Findlay, Tracey (3 May 2012). "Overhaul for historic Kangaroo Point". The Hornsby Advocate. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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