1995 Fraser/Evans Five Dollar Note - Recoloured Issue

1995 Fraser/Evans Five Dollar Note - Recoloured Issue Narrow Orientation Bands

Obverse:	Queen Elizabeth II & Gum Branch.
Reverse:	Old & New Parliament House, Capital Hill, Canberra.
Signatories:	B.W. Fraser, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia. E. A. Evans, Secretary to the Treasury.
Size:	130.00mm (width), 65.00mm (height).
Composition:	Polymer.
Security device:	Variable Optical Device in lower right corner.
Serial Numbers:	Prefix from HC 95 to KC 95 (Narrow Bands). Premium - Red Serials AA 95 000101 to 001000 - separate entry. Deluxe - Black Serials AA 95 001001 to 010000 - separate entry. 2 Letters / 2 Numbers Prefix from AB 95 (Wide Bands). - separate entry. AA 95 First Serial Prefix - separate entry. EA 95 Prefix - Red Serials - 24 April 1995 Overprint separate entry.

Valuation :
1995 Fraser/Evans Five Dollar Note - Recoloured Issue
Narrow Orientation Bands

	Fine	Very Fine	Extra Fine	Almost Uncirc.	Crisp Flat Uncirc.
2002	6	7	9	12	22

Notes:

On 24th April, 1995, the Reserve Bank released a more brightly coloured version of the polymer $5 note designed to make it easier to differentiate it from the similarly coloured $10 note. The denomination numeral '5' was bolded and it's font simplified. In an effort to assist in the sorting of large stacks of notes, orientation bands were printed at the top and bottom.

The original orientation band was fairly wide - about 7 lines. When a number of printing plates were damaged, new plates were used which incorporated artwork from an earlier proof design of the note.

The most notable difference is that the orientation bands on the note are much narrower. The revised artwork was used for approximately 13 million of the 95 million $5 notes printed in 1995 - all with a prefix in the range from HC 95 to KC 95.