Australian ten-shilling note

Ten shillings
(Australia)
Value½ Australian pound
Width137 mm
Height76 mm
Security featuresWatermark
Material usedCotton
Years of printing1913–1966
Obverse
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DesignCoat of arms of Australia (1908–12)
Designer?
Design date1913 Second issue (1918 note date)
Reverse
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DesignGoulburn Weir
Designer?
Design date1913 Second issue (1918 note date)

The 10/- banknote was first issued on 1 May 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.

The 1913 note was the world's first officially issued ten-shilling note. The first note, serial number M000001, was printed by Judith Denman, five-year-old daughter of the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Denman.[1]

The last banknote issue had a print of 557,548,000 banknotes.[citation needed][dubiousdiscuss]

The ten-shilling note was equivalent to one dollar upon decimalisation in 1966.

  1. ^ James Cockington, Sydney Morning Herald, Money, 1 May 2013. "Note's sale is a sale of note". Retrieved 28 November 2014