1976-78 Knight/Wheeler Twenty Dollar Note Side Thread
Obverse:Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), Pioneer Aviator.
Reverse:Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915), Aeronautical Pioneer.
Signatories:H. M. Knight, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia.
F. H. Wheeler, Secretary to the Treasury.
Size:160.02mm (width), 81.28mm (height).
Composition:Paper.
Watermark:Captain Cook in left panel.
Serial
Numbers:		Three letter prefix XLJ to XUZ - Side Thread
XLJ 000001 to XUZ 999905.
Three letter prefix - Centre Thread - separate entry.

Valuation :
1976-78 Knight/Wheeler Twenty Dollar Note - Side Thread

FineVery
Fine		Extra
Fine		Almost
Uncirc.		Crisp Flat
Uncirc.
20023050100200380

Notes:

To stop the excessive amount of wear and tear resulting from the tendency to fold notes along the centre - the exact position where the metallic thread introduced in 1974 had been located - the thread was re-located to the side, away from the normal folding zone on the note.

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