Australian ten-shilling note
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Value | ½ Australian pound |
| Width | 137 mm |
| Height | 76 mm |
| Security features | Watermark |
| Material used | Cotton |
| Years of printing | 1913–1966 |
| Obverse | |
| Design | Coat of arms of Australia (1908–12) |
| Designer | ? |
| Design date | 1913 Second issue (1918 note date) |
| Reverse | |
| Design | Goulburn Weir |
| Designer | ? |
| Design date | 1913 Second issue (1918 note date) |
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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 ten-shilling note was equivalent to one dollar upon decimalisation in 1966.
Signature combinations
- James Collins and George Allen (1913, 1915)
- [Charles John Cerutty] and James Collins (1918)
- Denison Miller and James Collins (1923)
- Kell and James Collins (1926)
- Kell and James Heathershaw (1927)
- Ernest Riddle and James Heathershaw (1928)
- Ernest Riddle and Harry Sheehan (1933, 1934, 1936)
- Harry Sheehan and Stuart McFarlane (1939)
- Hugh Traill Armitage and Stuart McFarlane (1942)
- H.C. Coombs and George Watt (1949)
- H.C. Coombs and Roland Wilson (1952, 1954, 1961)
See also
References
- ↑ James Cockington, Sydney Morning Herald, Money, 1 May 2013. "Note's sale is a sale of note". Retrieved 28 November 2014
- Cuhaj, George S., ed. (2010). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money General Issues (1368–1960) (13 ed.). Krause. ISBN 978-1-4402-1293-2.
- Ian W. Pitt, ed. (2000). Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values (19th ed.). Chippendale, N.S.W.: Renniks Publications. ISBN 0-9585574-4-6.
- Pitt, Michael T., ed. (2013). Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values (25 ed.). Renniks Publications. ISBN 978-0-9873386-2-4.
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