1976-78 Knight/Wheeler Fifty Dollar Note Side Thread


Obverse:Lord Howard Walter Florey (1898-1968), Pathologist & Developer of Penicillin.
Reverse:Ian Clunies Ross (1899-1959), Veterinary Scientist, 1st Chairam of CSIRO.
Signatories:H. M. Knight, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia.
F. H. Wheeler, Secretary to the Treasury.
Designer:Gordon Andrews.
Size:165.00mm (width), 82.50mm (height).
Composition:Paper.
Watermark:Captain Cook in left panel.
Serial
Numbers:
Three letter prefix YAV to YCZ - Side Thread
YAV 000001 to YCZ 999913.
Three letter prefix - Centre Thread - separate entry.

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

FineVery
Fine
Extra
Fine
Almost
Uncirc.
Crisp Flat
Uncirc.
2005570110160230

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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