1939 Armitage/Macfarlane Specimen Fifty Pounds Note
Obverse:Violet over pink/pale blue. George VI.
Reverse:Violet. Bas-relief depicting mining.
Signatories:H. T. Armitage, Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
S. G. Macfarlane, Secretary to the Treasury.
Size:183.00mm (width), 81.00mm (height).
Composition:Paper.
Watermark:Captain Cook in circle at right.
Serial
Numbers:		Prefix of Y over numeral.

Valuation :
1939 Armitage/Macfarlane Specimen Fifty Pounds Note

Very
Good		FineVery
Fine		Extra
Fine		Almost
Uncirc.		Crisp Flat
Uncirc.
2002

Notes:

As stocks of the fifty pound note dwindled, the decision was made to replenish supplies. The design of the denomination had not been altered, nor the signatures changed, since 1918.

The note was not issued immediately and in 1945, a decision was made to withdraw denominations above ten pounds from circulation. All stocks were destroyed in 1958 with only a small number being retained for archive purposes.

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