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Australia
Adelaide Pound; Dollar; Florin; Pence; Pound; Rupee;
Shillings; Sovereign;
The dollar was introduced on 1966
to replace the duodecimal
Australian pound with a decimal currency.
The first paper issues of Australian dollars named " the royal" were
issued in 1966. The one, two, ten and 20-dollars bills had exact
equivalents in the former pound banknotes.
The one-dollar note was replaced by a coin in 1984, while the two-dollar
note was replaced by a coin in 1988. The 50-dollar note was introduced
in 1973 and the 100-dollar note in 1984.
In 1988, the Reserve Bank of Australia-- the first in the world to use
such features -- issued plastic, specifically
polypropylene polymer banknotes to commemorate the bicentenary of
European settlement in Australia. Today all Australian notes
are now made of polymer.
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