1983-84 Johnston/Stone Ten Dollar - TYV 000000 OCR-B Type 3 Specimen Note
Obverse:Francis Howard Greenway (1777-1837), Pioneer Architect.
Reverse:Henry Lawson (1867-1922), Poet & Writer and Gulgong, NSW township.
Signatories:R. A. Johnston, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia.
John Stone, Secretary to the Treasury.
Size:154.94mm (width), 76.20mm (height).
Composition:Paper.
Watermark:Captain Cook in left panel.
Serial
Numbers:		TYV 000000 - OCR-B Type 3 Specimen Note.
Three Letter prefix - separate entry.

Valuation :
1983-84 Johnston/Stone Ten Dollar
TYV 000000 OCR-B Type 3 Specimen Note

FineVery
Fine		Extra
Fine		Almost
Uncirc.		Crisp Flat
Uncirc.
20023,0004,50012,50015,00018,000

Notes:

Type 3 OCR-B specimen notes were released to demonstrate the change in the font of lettering on the note from Gothic to OCR-B. This was done to cater for the use of computers in counting and tracking notes printed for circulation. In all other respects they are similar to the first of the type 3 specimen notes which have the word SPECIMEN in very large outline type printed diagonally twice on each side of the note with the added inscription of NO VALUE in medium type in the watermark area. Each note also carries an individual specimen serial number. The notes were distributed as individual notes in each of the 6 denominations - $1, $2, $5, $10, $20 and $50.

In 1983, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia presented awards to a number of TAA employees for their part in preventing the theft of a consignment of Australian notes. The award included a specially inscribed book containing a specimen note of each denomination.

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