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Reason

High quality, high EV (set). The first banknotes both designed and printed by the Commonwealth of Australia (versus superscribed notes) were the limited (i.e., in denomination) first issue notes of the series of 1913. The 1913 second issue (Series 1918) contained all denominations authorized by the Australian Notes Act (1910) and issued by the Commonwealth Treasury. An amendment to the Commonwealth Bank Act (1920) authorized the bank to be the sole issuer of Australian banknotes which is reflected underneath the signatures of the Series 1923–25 notes.

Original

An 11-note complete set of the two series of banknotes issued by the Commonwealth of Australia transitioning from notes printed by the Australian Treasury to those printed by the Commonwealth Bank. The changeover was accompanied by a significant reduction in size (i.e., height, see table, Banknotes of the Australian pound), allowing more notes to be printed per sheet. Most of the nominated notes are uncirculated punch-cancelled specimens.

Articles in which these images appear

Banknotes of the Australian pound (all), single images in Australian ten-shilling note, Australian one-pound note, Australian five-pound note, Australian ten-pound note, James Collins (public servant), Denison Miller, and Australian pound

FP category for this image

Currency

Creator

Australian Treasury and the Commonwealth Bank for the Commonwealth of Australia
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.

• Support as nominator – Godot13 ( talk) 00:52, 14 August 2015 (UTC) reply
• Support - Australia is not only birds and spiders. —  Chris Woodrich ( talk) 09:17, 14 August 2015 (UTC) reply
• Support. Nice collection of images. Godot13, did you actually scan/photograph these images or did you the National Museum of American History provide the images? Just curious. And Chris, indeed, I'm hoping to expand the range of Australian FPs when I'm back home in Australia. There are actually a number of interesting and notable buildings in Melbourne on my to-do list. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:02, 14 August 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Ðiliff- All scanned by me from the original notes.-- Godot13 ( talk) 10:42, 14 August 2015 (UTC) reply
• Support -- Tremonist ( talk) 14:07, 14 August 2015 (UTC) reply
• Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 19:18, 14 August 2015 (UTC) reply
• Oppose Sorry to go against the consensus here, but I would much prefer unpunched, uncrossed-over images, even if scanned from circulated notes. Please cancel my oppose if there are no known ones existing. -- Janke | Talk 09:06, 15 August 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Janke- I understand your concern. I will not have access to my reference books until Aug 18th. From memory, issued notes do exist for each of the denominations pictured, but in some cases (per auction records and collector census) as few as 5-10 examples (perhaps less) are actually known to exist in issued form, and some of them are in low grade (i.e., effecting the colors and sharpness of design). -- Godot13 ( talk) 10:13, 15 August 2015 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:AUS-3b-Commonwealth of Australia-10 Shillings (1918).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-4d-Commonwealth of Australia-One Pound (1918).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-5c-Commonwealth of Australia-5 Pounds (1918).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-6b-Commonwealth of Australia-10 Pounds (1918).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-7b-Commonwealth of Australia-20 Pounds (1918).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-8c-Commonwealth of Australia-50 Pounds (1918).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-9c-Commonwealth of Australia-100 Pounds (1918).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-10-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-Half Sovereign (1923).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-11b-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-One Pound (1923).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-13a-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-5 Pounds (1924).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Promoted File:AUS-14-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-10 Pounds (1925).jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:08, 24 August 2015 (UTC) reply