10 dollars 1988 — Australia ( Pick: 49 )
Region:
Australia & Oceania
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 10 dollars issued in Australia in 1988. It is cataloged under Pick number 49, placing it among documented banknotes of this issue.
The front side design features the Commonwealth of Australia, the Reserve Bank, and the denomination of 10 Dollars with the year prominently displayed as 1988. The note has a brown and green color scheme on a multicolored underprint. It is made from polymer and measures 155 x 77.5 mm.
This note was signed by Bernard William Fraser and Robert Alan Johnston. A total of 800,000 notes were produced, detailing the specific issuance quantity for this note.
The front side design features the Commonwealth of Australia, the Reserve Bank, and the denomination of 10 Dollars with the year prominently displayed as 1988. The note has a brown and green color scheme on a multicolored underprint. It is made from polymer and measures 155 x 77.5 mm.
This note was signed by Bernard William Fraser and Robert Alan Johnston. A total of 800,000 notes were produced, detailing the specific issuance quantity for this note.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Bernard William Fraser, Robert Alan Johnston
- Date of issue
- 26 January 1988
- Printing office
- Note Printing Australia, Melbourne, Australia
- Paper
- polymer
- Colour
- brown and green on multicolored underprint
- Dimensions
- 155 x 77.5 mm
- Amount produced
- 800,000
- Pick catalog
- 49
About this banknote
The Reserve Bank of Australia issued this commemorative $10 polymer banknote in 1988 to mark the bicentenary of European settlement. It was the world's first polymer banknote, produced by Note Printing Australia in Melbourne.
The obverse features the HMS Supply anchored at Sydney Cove, with a background depicting the early colony. Above are figures representing various contributors to Australia's development, from early settlers to modern workers. An optically variable device in the upper corner displays a bust of Captain James Cook.
