Need Advise On Australian Polymer $20 1994 Pe94 + $50 F&l #s

Thank-you for warm welcome Nancyc,
I'm already seeing goatieman is the center point of knowledge on notes :) I might just hold on to what I've got for now until I know, just hard keeping so much in 50's, but great way to save, I make everyone at work pull there notes out every day now, I don't want to collect but am feeling the urge :)
I know I'm not parting with my PE94 too easy, even after been offered 10oz silver kooka coin, I mean $20 for 10 oz of silver, thats crazy, but love the idea of trading power.

You have come to the right place. I have been here myself only a short time and the people here are very friendly and most helpful.

Hi Sean &

I love polymer notes (almost all of ).

So I can tell you stats & etc.

PE94 988 951 is worth money...it's also highly treasured &/or valueable to polymer collectors. (Not by me because I'm a $50 man) The best way to grade it is to use the following link that I posted a while back. https://goccf.com/t/110109

Radar notes are desireable to certain collectors & certain collectors only, this type of collector will occasionally also go for what are known as repeater notes: e.g. JE02998998; semi solid notes; JE02999888 & other such interesting patterns.
If your 998 899 radar was on a $50, I'd be interested even though it would probably only grade Fine or below.
With radar serials, their commonality is:
6-digit radar: 1 in 1,111.

7 numbers radar? DC 09 788 879(kept for 888 centered) EF+ interesting numbers, but not really collectable, might sell for $60 odd (on ebay) if it's a true EF.

6 numbers radar MA 99 768 867 will depend on grade. I generally sell mine for just under $60 (if it's a nice grade I might sell it for $70) on ebay, just because I know that it's going to someone that cares about it.

The AA05'S probably aren't worth anything above face value unless in nicer condition (EF+). Print run of 999,999.
The DA96 might sell for $60+ on ebay (but depending on condition. DA96 had a print run of 626,999 which is about a third of a normal?standard? print run.
The AA96 might sell for $60 for someone that's looking to put together a circulated collection of First/Last prefixes. The AA96 had a print run of 626,999 as with the last prefix of $50's that year.

The issue with $5's is that they are the most circulated note. This always really creates a demand for higher grade.

The $10 AK06 281182 radar in F might sell for $15 (absolute highest price).

One thing to remember is that some people collect only certain denominations. In my case my most collected are $50's, then it's really whatever else that excites me. I like scarce prefixes, like your PE94 is very scarce, only 179,999 printed, but for some reason $20's just don't really do it for me...as in I won't pay for $20's (recently I paid $30 for a $20 JC07111175 in VF condition because I liked the fact that it was a last prefix but also had central radar/interesting serial number (but no-one else would care about it).

Start hitting the $5 as they are easier to source, buy & hold onto. The only thing with the $5's is that you'll have to look through more to find better condition.
https://goccf.com/t/121809
To answer your question on stats relating to consecutive having x10 consec = x5 FV, x100 = x20 FV, I think something like that is too hard to work out. When I noodle from banks the likelihood of receiving consecutives is higher in $100's & lower in the $50's. I strugle to get any $20/$10/$5's in consecutives. Depends on where you're banking, but back in the day you could order lots of notes, I assume you still can, but you really need a banks bank. I have purchased many consecutives in paper notes, but not many in polymers (apart from last prefix KC05, 97 $5 test notes & some stuff from auctions).
You can still buy consecutive, but you'd have to buy from the source; the RBA.

I've managed to help many to start collecting. At the start you need a denomination or a subject.

I am looking at purchasing some $5 polymers with the serial number 98888889 for myself & a couple of the other guys & there will be one spare. It may be of interest, it may not. Let me know & I'll let you know. They're not going to be too expensive, we're hoping less than $80 each note. That might get you into them...then you could noodle $5 notes. I've found a lot of nice recent first & last prefixes & other notes in the series/denomination aren't too overpriced, such as a 1997 general $5 test note, which will set you back about $75-$80 odd. Some of the earlier issues, depending on what they are could cost a bit. I've got some pale $5 that I'd sell too...but a reasonable price, rather than a dealer price.

To me...it's all about give others the passion to collect what I collect.

Waiting for new notes? Definitely, you can buy first & last prefixes annually from the RBA, they do hold a premium of about 35-40% above face depending on how many you order, but I'm planning on doing a bulk order for anyone that's interested. What kind of money will we use in the future? Only the RBA will be able to tell us...all I know is, we'd be a long way away from it now...considering the fact that NPA (Note Printing Australia) & it Securency technology which is now printing for (I think) over 30 countries.
But when you look back to how early polymers were looking at being produced...it is amazing; below is from a wiki:


So we're talking that they just started producing new notes & they were already researching into a new technology.

As for: Do you know if this website of any other has a data base where people can place numbers they own/need and want to trade? If not I believe there should be one (for true collectors & traders, if everyone helps everyone, most people would be better off, without paying high premiums); this is part of the reason that I try to help out whoever's looking for something. I can only do so much, I attend some auctions & buy, trade & sell with a few of the guys on the forum...as I said earlier, it's not about the profit, it's about collecting & spreading the passion.

Definitely hold onto this PE94. The chances of hitting another one...very very unlikely! According to the RBA, there have been 870,439,000 $20's printed of which 140,000,000 are currently circulating. Therefore of one of the PE94's (179,999 printed), there may be 28,951 around...mind you this doesn't include which have been pulled out of circulation by us, dealers & banks because of too much wear etc. There's a likelihood of 1 in 30,066 $20 notes. As oldies would say...Buckley's chance. This note will only go up, because there is so much demand. Keep it in a book for now, until you buy some Kanga (Australian made) protective carded/plastic protective sleeves. Most dealers will sell them, otherwise ebay.

Anyone into currency will always have my welcome.

I once collected Pennies, then Halfpennies, then Threepences...then errors, then randoms, then noodled with lots of polymers inbetween. My addiction is now too broad.

As for silver...Gold is the rich mans metal, silver is the middleclassmans, copper is the poormans metal. You're middleclassed, just like us!

I'm interested in your theory about the belief that silver might become currency in some form again after the euro/dollar ect fails (all currencies are going to take a battering with Greece's election drawing near).

The systems were definitely designed to fail. Have a look at the serial numbers of banknotes in Australia! Started as a single letter prefix with six numerals; e.g A123456 & over 99 years, it's now two single letters, two numerals & a six numeral serial number; e.g AA12123456. How the times change.

You've got a lot of reading up to do!

LostSean; maybe it's because you've only had a small amount of posts:

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& you could maybe message me about them?