(Australia) | |
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Value | 10 Australian pounds |
Width | 1913–24: 171 mm, 1925–present: 180 mm |
Height | 1913–24: 103 mm, 1925–present: 78 mm |
Security features | patterns |
Material used | cotton |
Years of printing | 1910–1966 |
Obverse | |
Design | Coat of arms |
Reverse | |
Design | Wagons with bags of grain at Narwonah railway station |
The Australian ten-pound note was a denomination of the Australian pound that was equivalent to twenty dollars on 14 February, 1966. This denomination along with all other pound denomination is still legal tender = twenty dollar note.
It was first issued in 1911 on overprinted banknotes issued by the various commercial and state banks of the time. In 1913, the first Australian banknote was issued. It featured a scene of the carting wheat at Narwonah in New South Wales.