1976-78 Knight/Wheeler One Dollar Note - Side Security Thread


Obverse:Elizabeth II & Coat of Arms.
Reverse:Aboriginal Art Theme.
Signatories:H. M. Knight, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia.
F. H. Wheeler, Secretary to the Treasury.
Designer:Gordon Andrews
Size:139.70mm (width), 69.85mm (height).
Composition:Paper.
Watermark:Captain Cook in left panel.
Serial
Numbers:
Three letter prefix BYC to CPJ - Side security thread
BYC 000001 to CPJ 999945.
Three letter prefix - Centre security thread - separate entry.
DBP Prefix Currency Movement Test Note - separate entry.

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

FineVery
Fine
Extra
Fine
Almost
Uncirc.
Crisp Flat
Uncirc.
2002234815

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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