Illustrated below is the earliest version of the Australian 10 dollar banknote. The note bears the legend
"Commonwealth of Australia". This was altered to "Australia" in the early 1970's (as all Australian paper banknotes designs were). The specifications for the 10 dollar note are listed below.
Obverse Francis Howard Greenway
Reverse Henry LawsonSignatories H. C. Coombs, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia
Roland Wilson, Secretary to the Treasury
Size 154.94mm (width), 76.20mm (height)
Composition PaperWatermark Captain Cook in left panel
Serial Prefix MRR was the last series of paper notes printed. After 1991 10 dollar banknotes were printed in the new polymer version and the design was changed.
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