Stackin' the Old Notes - Australia's first $5 Note

An Old $5 Australian Note

Recently I have caught a bug for collecting some of Australia's old decimal currency. Next on my list was to get my hands on an original $5 Australian note. Issued in 1967 with the introduction of decimal currency in Australia, this banknote features Sir Joseph Banks on one side and Caroline Chisholm on the other. My particular specimen is from the last mint in 1991 before the new polymer note was introduced in 1992.

In 1992 the paper note was replaced by a polymer note which was longer lasting and had better security features:

And then in 2016, the note was updated again with better security features to combat counterfeiting:

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I also posted about my $1 and $2 notes here: Stackin' the Old Notes - Australia's first $1 and $2 notes

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