The 10/- banknote was first issued on 1 May 1913 as a blue banknote payable in gold. It was equal to a half sovereign gold coin. The sizes varied but the design was the same for the following issues: 1913–1914 issue was 194×83mm, 1915–1923 197×88 mm, 1923–1933 180×78mm. This issue was payable in gold but subsequent issues were legal tender.
The 1913 note was the world's first officially issued ten-shilling note. The first note, serial number M000001, was printed by Judith Denman, five-year-old daughter of the
Governor-General of Australia
The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.[Lord Denman
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The last banknote issue had a print of 557,548,000 banknotes.
The ten-shilling note was equivalent to
one dollar upon decimalisation in 1966.
Signature combinations
James Collins James, Jim, Jimmy, or Jamie Collins may refer to:
Sports Association football
* Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1900), Scottish footballer
* Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1895), Scottish footballer
* Jimmy Collins (footballer, born ...
and
George Allen (1913, 1915)
John Cerutty
and James Collins (1918)
Denison Miller
Sir Denison Samuel King Miller , (8 March 1860 – 6 June 1923) was the first governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Early life
Miller was born at Fairy Meadow, near Wollongong, New South Wales, the son of Samuel King Miller, head t ...
and James Collins (1923)
Kell and James Collins (1926)
Kell and James Heathershaw (1927)
Ernest Riddle and James Heathershaw (1928)
Ernest Riddle and Harry Sheehan (1933, 1934, 1936)
Harry Sheehan and Stuart McFarlane (1939)Hugh Armitage
and Stuart McFarlane (1942)
H.C. Coombs and George Watt (1949)
H.C. Coombs and Roland Wilson (1952, 1954, 1961)
See also
* Banknotes of the Australian pound
Banknotes of the Australian pound were first issued by numerous private banks in Australia, starting with the Bank of New South Wales in 1817. Acceptance of private bank notes was not made compulsory by legal tender laws but they were widely used ...
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External links
Reserve Bank of Australia
Banknotes of Australia
1913 establishments in Australia
1966 disestablishments in Australia
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