1976-78 Knight/Wheeler
Two Dollar Note - OCR-B Typeface, Side Thread

Obverse:John Macarthur (1767-1834) Pioneer Sheep Breeder with Merino Sheep.
Reverse:William James Farrer (1845-1906) Pioneer Wheat Developer with Wheat Ears.
Signatories:H. M. Knight, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia.
F. H. Wheeler, Secretary to the Treasury.
Designer:Gordon Andrews
Size:145.00mm (width), 72.50mm (height).
Composition:Paper.
Watermark:Captain Cook in left panel.
Serial
Numbers:
Three letter prefix HPU to JEY - OCR-B letters, Side Thread
HPU to HQV 000001 to 800000, HQX 000001 to JDV 999999,
JDX to JEY 000001 to 034937.
Three letter prefix - Gothic letters, Centre Thread - separate entry.
Three letter prefix - OCR-B letters, Centre Thread - separate entry.

Valuation History:
1976-78 Knight/Wheeler Two Dollar Note - OCR-B Typeface, Side Thread

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Uncirc.
Crisp Flat
Uncirc.
200235101428

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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