10$ Polymer Notes

wow. thanks.

Carlo to CCF.

You have hit the jackpot with your five $10 Bicentennial Commemorative notes, enworb was spot on, each note is worth $2,200 individually in uncirculated condition.

However, you have 5 consecutive last prefix notes which in my opinion, when sold together are worth much more than $11,000.

I recall reading something about them being recalled as well, it had to do with the thin smooth varnish which come off under normal wear and tear which caused the note to age prematurely. The second issue solved this by having a thicker mottled varnish applied.

Thanks a lot for the replies.
I actually was quite young when he gave the notes to me and I've kept them one by one in a specific plastic cover. I forgot about them until 2 or 3 years ago when I moved from Rome to Milano.

You are sitting on a gold mine...I really don't know too much about this commemerative note.
All I know is that it's highly wanted. It's something that people love to collect. I'm not sure how many were released into circulation, but I have a couple that were part of circulation. I know that a huge percentage of the population don't even know that it was legal Australian tender.
That link above from in2fish is a fantastic source of info, regarding the commemrative note.
Finally a polymer question I can't answer...I say polymers began in 1992! Maybe we can still consider the 1988 commerative to be a sample/test polymer note to surprise & amaze the world with its amazing technology & security features...imagine if it was a total failure (we probaly wouldn't know about it).
I'm interested in knowing the full story of the discovery of the note & the plant.

For members who are interested in Polymers, check out this link for a full background on the chronology of the worlds polymer notes.

http://www.polymernotes.org/resourc...npolymer.htm

And for any members who would like to know exactly what a polymer is, you could have a look at this link.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgOJnVeS-lk

And just in case your eyes haven't glazed over like mine used to in chemistry, to find out how the Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) process that we use in our polymer note manufacture is done, try this link....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biaxia...opylene#BOPP

Huckles;
As SPG pointed out, there were two releases of this note.

The first release is identified by the 3rd and 4th serial number. The first release serial numbers are 93,94 or 96 only.

Your 3rd and 4th serial numbers are 45 - which makes this second release.
First prefix is AB10, last is AB57. So you're in the middle.

Uncirculated note catalogues $65, you could pick them up for $30 on ebay.