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Between 1948 and 1971, Australia's banknote issuing authorities used notes produced in separate printing runs to replace notes that were spoiled in the printing process. They were known as star notes because the last digit of the serial number of each replacement note was an asterisk (or star). The first notes to be replaced in this way were Ten Shillings, Pound and Five Pounds with the Armitage/Macfarlane signature combination, printed in 1948. The practice was not used for the Ten Pound note. For the initial five years of the decimal note series, the practice was continued. Notes produced in the special print runs were identified by a serial number prefix commencing with the letter Z. The second letter identified the denomination - A for $1, F for $2, N for $5, S for $10 and X for $20 notes. The practice was stopped in 1971, well before the introduction of $50 and $100 notes. The third letter simply incremented as each series from 000001* to 100000* was completed. A type set of Australian Star Notes consists of:
 
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