Okay I need to input here.
Normal notes second letter prefixe stop at the letter M.
POLYMER TEST NOTES
ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR TEST (1996)
$100 notes have the smallest print run of 32 per sheet. The $100 test note of 1996 saw AN run through to CS.
This consisted of AN,AO,AP,AQ,AR,AS,AT,AU,AV,AW,AX,AY,AZ,BN,BO,BP,BQ,BR,BS,BT,BU,BV,BW,BX,BY,BZ,CN,CO,CP,CQ,CR & CS. (32 prefixes) This test was done as a trial of a static free substrate.
FIVE DOLLAR TEST (1997)
$5 notes have a print run of 40 per sheet(just as the $20 & $50 do). The $5 test note of 1997 saw AN run through to DN.
This consisted of AN,AO,AP,AQ,AR,AS,AT,AU,AV,AW,AX,AY,AZ,BN,BO,BP,BQ,BR,BS,BT,BU,BV,BW,BX,BY,BZ,CN,CO,CP,CQ,CR,CS,CT,CU,CV,CW,CX,CY,CZ & DN. (40 prefixes) This test was also done as a trial of a static free substrate.
Why would the RBA do a test we all ask?
I'm thinking, maybe they're testing for the future development of the new designs in the future. If we look back to 1988 when the RBA/NPA released the World's first Polymer note. They made a real bad choice, that's why the first release had to be abandoned (because of the hologram window) & later got a second release.
I'm not sure if anybody knew about the test notes of 1996 & 1997 when the notes were released, because the RBA kept all of their serial number release figures private until 1998. Is that saying something?
Is this pre-testing? Are they smartening up? We shall find out.
Polynote1; We'd all love to hear anything else more you could tell me about these notes. This could be ground-breaking. This could be the reason the RBA released 2012 notes well before they should have. Just think, I've already seen a AA12 on
ebay & a DF12 on
ebay. These could have potentially been the first (AA will always be the first) & last prefix depending on the amount of print runs they do.
Posted 01/06/2013 05:12 am
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