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mleivers71 New Member Australia 45 Posts	Posted 06/13/2013 08:55 am Who can answer this one?, I have been passionate about polymer banknotes for some time now and the time has come to start on a new denomination to hoard, now that I have completed my collection of last prefix twenty dollar notes twice over I'm starting on Fives. My question is after researching my Renniks reference book why are there two 1996 signature five dollar notes being R217B Fraser and Evans & R218A Macfarlane and Evans? Does that mean out there in circulation there is the same prefix and the same serial number five dollar notes with different signatures why and how did this happen to the five dollar notes and not to any other denomination? Help please. Report this Post to the Staff

Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 06/14/2013 02:09 am I would think that up until a certain sheet the notes would be Fraser Evans and then subsequent sheets would be Macfarlane Evans, but I don't know. This is what happened with paper notes anyway. Report this Post to the Staff
spg1 Valued Member Australia 363 Posts	Posted 06/14/2013 02:20 am Correct. There are 1996 notes with Fraser/Evans, as well as 1996 notes with Macfarlane/Evans signatures. Apparently the Macfarlane/Evans notes was a short run. I was told the reason, but I can't remember.... Report this Post to the Staff
mleivers71 New Member Australia 45 Posts	Posted 06/14/2013 05:26 am No! I disagree to that due to the fact that in my Renniks book it clearly states a first prefix for the R217b Fraser & Evans as BA96 and a first prefix on the R218a Macfarlane & Evans also BA96,the same for the last prefix both show EA96. In saying the above I'm still thinking it's a complete print run on both signatures. Report this Post to the Staff
spg1 Valued Member Australia 363 Posts	Posted 06/14/2013 06:24 am Disagree? Maybe you have interpreted my post incorrectly. try this: Fraser/Evans 1996 - BA96 first 1996 - EA96 last Macfarlane/Evans (short print run) 1996 - BA96 first 1996 - EA96 last Report this Post to the Staff
mleivers71 New Member Australia 45 Posts	Posted 06/14/2013 07:08 am http://banknotes.rba.gov.au/serialnumberinfo.html thanks spg1 your correct!! sorry about that. the above link shows both print runs it's strange to think that out there in note world there's five dollar notes with the same prefix/year and serials but different signatures . Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 06/14/2013 07:43 am Quote: it's strange to think that out there in note world there's five dollar notes with the same prefix/year and serials but different signatures That's not the case. This shows the numeric ranges for 1996. $5 BA 96 â€" EA 96 999999-439001 Fraser/Evans (561000 Notes) $5 BA 96 â€" EA 96 439000-325001 Macfarlane/Evans (114000 Notes) life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 06/14/2013 7:02 pm I think that the $1 DBP prefix notes may exist with the same numbers and different signatures but that was a special case. Report this Post to the Staff
spg1 Valued Member Australia 363 Posts	Posted 06/14/2013 7:37 pm If you look back to the paper notes, there are many examples of prefixes overlapping because of a change of signatures. The $100 notes are a good example. Each change of signature used some of the previous prefixes. If there is still a bit of confusion, I will post up pics of my notes tonight after work. Report this Post to the Staff
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