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larena Valued Member Australia 323 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 04:18 am Well...looks like my note collecting has started Sold some equipment from home on the weekend and the lady paid me with $100 bills. Checked them in the Renniks book and 2 of them are 1996 Test Notes and are still crisp with no folds...I presume they are worth holding? Could someone confirm this for me please Report this Post to the Staff

appleangel07 Pillar of the Community Australia 1607 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 05:04 am full serial will be required Larena,a while ago there was'nt much interest in these test notes unless they were special ( 1st prefix last prefix etc },not sure about nowadays though. Report this Post to the Staff
larena Valued Member Australia 323 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 06:33 am Yeah appleangel07 ....I checked on ebay and there are a few with ramdom numbers (other than 1st and last)....mine are BP 96 949 009 and AW96 669134 Report this Post to the Staff
In2Fish2 Valued Member Australia 124 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 07:45 am Hey Larena, The $100 polymer test notes can only ever be printed in a series once unless a new type of note is made using a new type of medium and then they won't be 1996. They are like the star notes of 50+ years ago, at the time star notes were not common and neither are the test notes of today. Recently I checked 300 and found 2. IMO they should be held onto if you can afford to and are prepared to wait for their value to really go up as their scarcity increases. Report this Post to the Staff
goatieman23 Pillar of the Community Australia 869 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 08:12 am Hi Larena, a little while back I thought I'd do a miny Vort Report, I surveyed 257 x $100 notes, in that bunch I found: 1 x 1999 First Prefix 1 x 1996 & 1 x 1999 Last Prefix & 20 test notes (so it made up 7.8% of my survey) I keep them if they're in decent condition (gEF+) or if they have a nice serial number. But it's entirely up to you. Report this Post to the Staff
larena Valued Member Australia 323 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 08:25 am In2Fish2...don't really understand what you are telling me....are you saying these are not test notes? Report this Post to the Staff
In2Fish2 Valued Member Australia 124 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 08:33 am Larena, your notes are definitely test notes and I reckon you should hang on to them. Report this Post to the Staff
larena Valued Member Australia 323 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 08:36 am That's what I wanted to know Thanks In2Fish2 Report this Post to the Staff
goatieman23 Pillar of the Community Australia 869 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 5:48 pm Larena...it's stats time! Overall $100 polymers in Australia have been printed in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2008 & 2010. Not many years & not many print runs. The total amount of notes printed are: 318,697,184 Of those notes printed, according to the RBA, there are 212,340,000 circulating (which is: 66.6%) I am yet to see 2010 notes ciculating, but I changed $20k of notes the other day to $100 & about 140-150 of those were fresh hot off the press crisp choice uncirculated 2008 $100's. Recently I've found many 2008 last prefixes (EL08's) in exceptional condition (gEF-UNC) considering only 684,800 were printed. Anyway, back to the point about test notes; from the stats of the Vort report 2.6% of circulating notes = 5,520,840 test notes will still be circulating. There was a total print of 11,263,968 test notes in 1996. The most important of these notes are the first & last prefix notes: AN & CS (which have 351,999 of each printed). I found 1 x CS in that bunch I got from the bank, but to get so many notes & for 75% of them to be straight from the RBA & not have a radar in it is annoying, but the CS I guess made up for it. For the test notes the RBA/NPA printed test notes for a trial of static free substrate. The prefixes used were AN-AZ, BN-BZ & CN-CS which is 32 prefixes (per print page, standard NPA print size). Another person to ask about $100's is Joshtammi, he's been getting rid of some recently & you'll be able to contact him...especially considering you next post is the 250 milestone. RBA - Reserve Bank of Australia NPA - Note Printing Australia Report this Post to the Staff
larena Valued Member Australia 323 Posts	Posted 04/22/2012 8:46 pm Thanks for that fantastic information goatieman23....when I go to the bank now will get $100's...then $50's for what I return....then $20's ... and down the line....might take my book and just sit in the bank Report this Post to the Staff
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