Australian 1 dollar note

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One Dollar (Australia)
Value: 1 Australian dollar
Width: 140 mm
Height: 70 mm
Security Features: metallic security thread, Watermark
Paper Type: Cotton fibre
Years of Printing: 1966-1984
Obverse
Obverse
Design: Queen Elizabeth the Second and the Coat of Arms of Australia
Designer: ?
Design Date: ?, 1965
Reverse
Reverse
Design: Yolngu artwork by David Malangi
Designer: ?
Design Date: ?, 1965

The Australian one dollar note was introduced in 1966 to replace the 10 shilling note due to decimalisation.

[edit] Security Features

The paper design included a watermark in the white field of Captain James Cook, the watermark was also used in the last issue of pound banknotes. A metallic strip first near the centre of the note, than from 1976 was moved to the left side on the obverse of the note.

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Preceded by
Ten shilling note (Australian)
One Dollar (Australian)
1966–1983
Succeeded by
One dollar coin (Australian)