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Two Notes - Identical Serial Numbers?

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As I write this there are (at least) two notes (1966 Australian $2) that have the same serial number. Both are "Specimen" notes. The notes are not 'identical' as there are some 'variations' like the 'feathering' beside MacArthur's right (left as you look at the image) cheek.
If all notes have a 'unique' serial number, what is going on here.

Two-Notes---Identical-Serial-Numbers?
Two-Notes---Identical-Serial-Numbers?
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They're specimen notes, marked as such, not intended for circulation. The serial number is 00000, as a further indication that they are not actual currency.
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with publius.

With the introduction of decimal currency in February 1966, specimen banknotes featured the word SPECIMEN in bold red lettering, surrounded by an oval configuration in red. All Type 1 specimens as they are referred to, as they were the first decimal SPECIMEN banknotes issued in 1966, carried the first prefix of each banknote with the serial number 000000. Type 1 specimens which all carried the signature combination of Coombs/Wilson, were- One Dollar AAA 000000, Two Dollar FAA 000000, Five Dollar Coombs/Randall NAA 000000 issued separately on issue in 1967, Ten Dollar SAA 000000 and finally the Twenty Dollar XAA 000000.

https://www.therightnote.com.au/art...n-banknotes/
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@datadragon Thank you for providing the link. THAT is more the sort of information I was looking for.
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