Stackin some Old Notes
I have always loved collecting coins and stamps as a young kid, and thanks to the wider Steemit community, I have now caught the silver stacking bug.
But lately I have decided to get nostalgic and collect some older versions of the Australian currency.
$1 Note
The Australian paper $1 note was issued between 1966 and 1984 after which it was replaced by the $1 coin because of the short lifespan of the paper banknote.
The one dollar note is a dark brown coloured note with Aboriginal bark paintings on one side and Queen Elizabeth II and the Australian Coat of Arms on the other. Each note includes two signatures and a unique serial number. The brown colour was chosen as it was the same tones used in the 10 shilling pre-decimal note it replaced.
$2 Note
The $2 note was circulated between 1966 and 1988 after a total of 1,634,578,903 notes had been issued. At this time Australia minted it’s first $2 coin as these lasted longer than the papernote and resulted in significant saving for the government.
The front of the note features the Australian wool industry pioneer John Macarthur and a Merino ram. The back of the note features the father of the wheat industry William James Farrer with ears of wheat. The note is green, yellow and black and the serial number and signatories are shown on the sheep side.
These particular notes are not of significant value or collectable in any real way, however, I wanted to get one of each as a nostalgic reminder of my childhood when you could go down to the shop with a $1 note and buy yourself a pie, a coke and a bag of lollies and still have change left over for tomorrow. Those days are gone, but these are the types of collectibles that remind us of days gone by!
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I remember them well. Dad would give me a $2 note and send me to the deli for hot chips.
I'd come back with enough for the five of us.
Twisties - 8c a packet...
Now that takes me back. I remember the controversy of ditching the notes for the coins. The world as we knew it was about to come crashing down.
Ah, the good ole days of 40 cents worth of hot chips after school from the milkbar.
Really happy for you .money collection is also my fantasy and thanks for sharing scooter77
Gosh I didn't even know we had a 1 dollar or 2 dollar note. I am legitimately shocked haha! Thanks for the share :)
This post very useful. thank you for sharing :)
That is quite a good collection....#vintagemoneycollector
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I've got a few stashed away somewhere, I bought them from a collector who sold them in mint condition in pairs with consecutive serial numbers. They were supposed to be worth more as a consecutive pair but I never really looked into how much they were worth.
I used burn the balls off the sheep with a cigarette on the two dollar bills when they were in circulation.
Remembering childhood by looking at the old currency is some thing I often do!
And I thought I was the only one with a collection of these old notes! My only problem is I have more coins than notes, until it comes to the older Australian pounds, shillings and pence and then I have very little of anything...
Wow, they certainly take you back. Cool seeing them again though.
These are the best. I am a massive fan of old Australians coins and notes. I’ll have to share some more of mine soon.
Cheers for sharing 😎.
Thanks for some Aussie history ... much appreciated. The US has tried to get Americans to use the $1 coins to replace the $1 bills but for some reason we just love smelly, tore up dollar bills. Here's a link to an interesting story on US dollar coins https://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137394348/-1-billion-that-nobody-wants