1996 Macfarlane/Evans Five Dollar Note - 30 Years Decimal Currency - QE Prefix

1996 Macfarlane/Evans Five Dollar Note - 30 Years Decimal Currency QE Prefix - Red Serials

Obverse:	Queen Elizabeth II & Gum Branch.
Reverse:	Old & New Parliament House, Capital Hill, Canberra.
Signatories:	I. Macfarlane, 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:	30 Years Decimal Currency - QE Prefix - Red Serials. Signatures Issue - ME 96 000001 to 002500 - separate entry. 2 Letters / 2 Numbers Prefix from BB 96 - separate entry. BA 96 First Serial Prefix - separate entry. 30 Years Decimal Currency - QE Prefix - Black Serials - separate entry.

Valuation :
1996 McFarlane/Evans Five Dollar Note - 30 Years Decimal Currency
QE Prefix - Red Serials

	Crisp Flat Uncirc.
2002

Notes:

Red Serial, Macfarlane/Evans Five Dollar notes with the serial number prefix QE were not issued for circulation. They were included in 1,000 Note/Stamp Premium Portfolio Folders issued jointly by Note Printing Australia and Australia Post to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the introduction of Decimal Currency in Australia.

The first 1,000 notes released - from QE 000001 to QE 001000 were printed with red serial numbers and distributed in a 'Premium' Folder. A further 2,000 were released with black serial numbers.