oceania: ...Australia Bank Training Notes

Commonwealth of Australia

Reserve Bank of Australia

Currency : Dollar (AUD) (since 14.02.1966)

Here is a full set of Australia bank training notes with value from $2 to $100.

Whilst I do not have much information on these notes or when it was printed, there is an interesting story behind them.

* The banknote paper was originally manufactured to print the 5 shillings banknotes prior to 1966. It is not sure why the bank decided not to go ahead with this idea. The intention of printing the 5 shilling note was came about in 1946;

* All notes are printed the same size as of those paper banking notes issued since 1966 and with the same predominate colours respectively of those legal tender notes;

* These are genuine banknote paper materials manufactured with coloured silk fibre as an anti counterfeiting device and they were produced to assist with training of bank tellers;

* Australia has issued decimal paper banknotes since 1966 and the last one in 1996;

* It is not sure when these notes were printed as in 1966, only the $1, $2, $10 and $20 were issued when Australia converted from pound sterling to decimal currency. The $5 was issued in 1967, the $50 in 1974 and then the $100 note was introduced in 1984. The $1 was discontinued in 1982 and the $2 was discontinued in 1988. One would only assume that these training notes would have been printed between 1984 to 1988; and

* All these notes were printed by Note Printing Australia.

Two Dollars Value Training Note