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Pillar of the Community
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Um... Also, can anyone educate me on the vareities of the 20 dollar note? there seems to be this thing called side thread and center thread.. ?  Thx... |
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Formerly nancyc
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Paper notes used to have a fine metal thread down the centre, but in the 70's it was moved to the side of the note as they were found to tear along the metal thread, which was also where the note would be folded in half. Having the thread on the side made it less susceptible to tearing. I'm not sure when the thread was discontinued, probably with the intrduction of polymers. I don't really collect notes, so my info may be less than 100% accurate.  Sorry I can't help you out with grades for notes, not my field of experience.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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So nancy, is this 20 dollar note side or center thread?  |
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Put the note up near a light, you should see the thread either down the center or to the left.
Hard to tell grade due to the quality of the pictures.
The values....retail values as per McDonalds book in AUD are:
$5 Fine $8 VF $15 EF $22 Yours looks like a low grade.
$20 Centre Fine $40 VF $80 EF $170
Side Fine $55 VF $115 EF $235 again looks like a low grade but would beed to see better pictures
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Humpybong, is the 20 dollar note a side thread if the thread starts from the letter S of Australia? |
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Formerly nancyc
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Which side of the note is facing you?
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Formerly nancyc
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That would be a side thread. A centre thread is literally smack bang down the middle of the note. Although I don't collect notes, I think you'll find this applies to all Aussie Paper Decimal notes. (Don't quote me on this! ) I can remember that the Gov't decided to move the thread to the side for the reason given above but can't remember exactly when it was. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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04/18/2008 03:34 am
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Hehe, thx nancy.... I'll try to post better pictures of the 20 dollar note to get a value estimate on this... Gotta put some sidenotes to desrcibe the note... |
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The $20 note is a Knight Wheeler Side Security Thread Prefix XRT to XUZ 999905 By the looks of yours I would grade it fine CV about $55 AUD dealers price Or about $30 on ebayThe $5 note is a Johnstone Frasier Gothic Typeface Serial Numbers Prefix PXB to QBJ By the looks of yours I would grade it good to fine Cv about $7 |
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The rarest of the aussie $20 notes is the Coombs Randell issue
Prefix XBQ to XBS
XBQ 000001 to XBS 200000
Theis note had an extremely short print run of only one month as a result of the retirement of the then Governor of the Reserve Bank, H. C. Coombes. A total of just 2.2 million $20 notes with the Coombs/Randall signature combination were printed.
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Formerly nancyc
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Unfortunately justa hasn't been back to the forum for a looooong time. He was a Uni student from Japan, over here for a couple years and took quite a fancy to our money. Maybe he had to return to Japan and for whatever reason, can't get access to the forum.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Posted 04/03/2008 5:37 pm
