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If these kinds of threads are frowned upon here, please accept my apology and delete/lock it. Anyway, Canada is switching to Polymer bills, and I think it's great. I always tell people how they are made in Australia, and that AUS was the first country in the world to switch to them. So, I want an UNC note for my binder as a conversation piece. The first year of issue would be nice, but condition is more important. I am willing to give in return: 1) Face value of bill via paypal + small premium to account for inconvenience, sent immediately. 2) If bill is $5 or $10, the $10-15 game of your choice from Steam or Gog.com. 3) A copy of the second last Humble Indie Bundle. It was the one with Super Meat Boy I believe. Anyway, if anyone could help me out, it would be great. On ebay, sellers want way too much for what is a widely available item. I just want an aussie bill darn it as a conversation piece! Help a fellow commonwealther out! |
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Australia
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An UNC polymer $10 would be worth about $25. That was the very first polymer we had and therefore probably a good one for your collection.
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 Canada
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Obviously, I will pay for the shipping also. I can send a canadian polymer bill in return if desired, though they start at $50 ATM.
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Canada
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What year were they produced enworb? I don't mean to take over the forum with what is in essence a trade request, but this has been "stuck in my craw" for a while.
$25 for a $10 seems quite reasonable.
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Australia
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1988.
It was a one off issue commemorating the bucentenary of Australia. There is quite an interesting story behin them. There is numerous topics discussing them on CCF.
Other than that I have an aUNC $10 from 1993 which is the first year of issue or our current design. I'm happy to send that one. I'll pm you.
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Australia
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Also only our $5 note has Queen Elizabeth II on it. If thats what youre after a $5 note might be better.
You need to activate your email as well or no one can email you.
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09/13/2012 01:39 am
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Canada
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I just activated my email. Thanks for the heads up! Also, I would love any Aussie note, the Elizabeth factor is just nice to "tie it" to our currency here in Canada for comparison.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The first polymer Aussie $10 note was produced for the Australian Bicentennial, in 1988. It is, effect a commemorative note.
The World's first polymer banknote is NOT Australian.
That credit belongs to Tyvek banknotes, developed by DuPont and printed by the American Banknote Company. They were issued in Costa Rica, as early as 1983.
They were a failure, however, mainly because the inks smudged, and the public rejected them.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (C.S.I.R.O.), in association with the Reserve Bank of Australia developed this idea further, and developed a substrate known as
Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP), and the inks that were durable enough to go with the substrate, to maintain top condition during the life of the note in circulation.
Australia, in 1996, became the first Country in the World to have a full set of circulating polymer banknotes, thus eliminating paper banknotes entirely from circulation.
The serial numbers on Australian polymer banknotes have two letters, followed by eight digits. The first two digits in the serial number indicate the year of printing, just as a coin bears the year in which it was struck.
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Canada
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Cool! Well fine, Australia was the first to CONVERT to polymer notes, and helped pioneer the technology. That works right?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The 1988 polymer $10 note IS THE one you should be shooting for.
The reasons why polymer banknotes were adopted is that they are much more duable than paper notes, with something like 7 to ten times the circulating life of the equivalent value paper note,
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the clear windows in polymer banknotes are impossible for colour photocopiers to reproduce onto paper. You need a clear polymer blank sheet to do that, AND the inks in the photocopier to stick to the polymer substrate.
Don't worry! Some bright spark will find a way to use a photocopier, with the right inks, to be able to do that!
Polymer banknotes are fun when you iron them. The heat makes them shrink drastically.
Voila! miniature banknotes!
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Australia
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This is the 2000th thread in this sub forum. Go aussie!  |
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Canada
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One of my favorite coins is the 66 Aussie half dollar, and to be honest, if I thought I could control myself, I would love to fill a binder with them!
I know this sounds weird, but I feel a special connection to Australian culture. Maybe it's the shared colonial past, or the fact that NFLD is a little island in the middle of nowhere, and everyone thinks we talk funny, I don't know, but I feel it. I like having Australian coins, because I can't afford to visit you guys, yet! My bucket list has a 2 week trip to Oz and NZ on it though!
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Australia
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Anjohl: The reverse of Australian decimal coins of 1966 were all designed by Stuart Devlin.
A long time ago, I was fortunate enough the be able to speak to him personally, and to discuss the development of his designs that were adopted for the Australian coinage.
His favourite is the 20 Cent platypus design. The design intent remains with this design, even with extensive wear below VG. He was able to successfully depict the platypus just below the water surface, and to show water on a round design. Normally, water lends itself artistically to a rectangular design. This design is still currently issued for general circulation.
The Coat of Arms design was a requirement of the Government of the day. He has shown his own interpretation of that requirement. The round '66 silver .800 fine 50 Cent is the only silver Australian decimal coin that was issued for general circulation. All subsequent dates of this denomination for circulation are in copper nickel and are dodecagonal.
I have a nearly complete type set of Canadian 50 cent coins to 1967.
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Australia
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The 1988 $10 is easy to find (eBay?) and go for one in a folder if looking for that. If you want the Queen, as mentioned by someone else, you need to look for a $5 note. One I particularly like is the 2001 Centenary of Federation, polymer note. (But no Queen on that one.) I have a couple of those aUNC spare. http://www.rba.gov.au/Museum/Displa...eration.htmlAlso, check out the 1988 coin/note portfolio... http://www.australianstamp.com/coin...1988cono.htm  Maybe a little more than you want to spend but a very well presented item. [I have one I want to sell sometime -slightly soiled folder and much less than catalogue value.] Cheers, Jeff PS. There are Canadian coins I would like to get and I do like to do swaps. |
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Australia
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Australia
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Anjohl, Have a look at item 130763610517 currently on ebay. 2 uncirculated polymer notes but more importantly, the postage cost is very low, being from USA to Canada. Closes in 24 hours. Cheers Peter (notcb) |
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