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POCKET GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN BANKNOTES
5 A New Vision for Banknotes NEXT GENERATION OF BANKNOTES
Next Generation of Banknotes | 2016–2020
The foundation of the banknote
is a clear, laminated polymer film.
Printing plates, special inks and
high-technology printing machinery
transform this film into a banknote.
Major design elements, such as
portraits, are printed by intaglio
printing, using engraved metal
plates. At a final stage, two layers of
a protective overcoating or varnish
are applied.
The banknotes were printed by
Note Printing Australia, a separately
incorporated, wholly owned
subsidiary of the Reserve Bank,
located in Craigieburn, Victoria.
$5
The signature side of the
$5 banknote, offset and intaglio
printing on polymer substrate;
concept design by emerystudio,
first issued in September 2016.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D16/196230.
Photograph of
Queen Elizabeth II by
John Lawrence, 1984.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, P12/272.
Tonal sketch of Queen Elizabeth II,
together with an example of line
analysis for intaglio printing by
Robert Cook of Note Printing Australia.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 20/1274, 20/1275.
The serial side of the $5 banknote,
offset and intaglio printing on
polymer substrate; concept design
by emerystudio, first issued in
September 2016.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D16/196235.
$10
The signature side of the $10 banknote,
offset and intaglio printing on polymer
substrate; concept design by emerystudio,
first issued in September 2017.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D17/52177.
Photograph of Banjo Paterson
used to advertise his lectures
on the Boer War and adapted
for the $10 banknote.
Newspix.
Tonal sketch of Banjo Paterson,
together with an example of line
analysis for intaglio printing by
Robert Cook of Note Printing Australia.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 17/1078, 17/1212.
The serial side of the $10 banknote,
offset and intaglio printing on polymer
substrate; concept design by emerystudio,
first issued in September 2017.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D17/52175.
Photograph of Mary Gilmore
adapted for the $10 banknote.
Newspix.
Tonal sketch of Mary Gilmore,
together with an example of line
analysis for intaglio printing by
Robert Cook of Note Printing Australia.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 17/1081, 17/1085.
$20
The signature side of the $20 banknote,
offset and intaglio printing on polymer
substrate; concept design by emerystudio,
first issued in October 2019.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D19/52810.
Miniature portrait of Mary Reibey
by an unknown artist, watercolour
on ivory, circa 1835.
State Library of NSW.
Tonal sketch of Mary Reibey together with an example of line analysis
for intaglio printing by Robert Cook of Note Printing Australia.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 20/1271, 20/1272.
The serial side of the $20 banknote,
offset and intaglio printing on polymer
substrate; concept design by emerystudio,
first issued in October 2019.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D19/52129.
Photograph of
the Reverend
John Flynn, circa 1929.
National Library of Australia.
Tonal sketch of the Reverend
John Flynn together with an example
of line analysis for intaglio printing by
Robert Cook of Note Printing Australia.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 20/1270, 20/1269.
$50
The signature side of the $50 banknote,
offset and intaglio printing on polymer
substrate; concept design by emerystudio,
first issued in October 2018.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D18/41660.
Photograph of David Unaipon
from the manuscript of Legendary
Tales of Australian Aborigines .
State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Ms Judy Kropinyieri.
Tonal sketch of
David Unaipon
together with an
example of line analysis
for intaglio printing by
Robert Cook of Note
Printing Australia.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 18/7891, 18/7890.
The serial number side of the $50 banknote,
offset and intaglio printing on polymer
substrate; concept design by emerystudio,
first issued in October 2018.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D18/41659.
Photograph of Edith Cowan
by Ruskin Studio, 1921.
State Library of Western Australia.
Tonal sketch of Edith Cowan
together with an example of line
analysis for intaglio printing by
Robert Cook of Note Printing Australia.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives 18/7893, 18/7892.
$100
The signature side of the $100 banknote,
offset and intaglio printing on polymer
substrate; concept design by emerystudio,
first issued in October 2020.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D20/43205.
Tonal sketch of Dame Nellie Melba by
Robert Cook of Note Printing Australia,
used for the development of the
banknote's portrait.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 20/1301.
The serial number side of the $100
banknote, offset and intaglio printing
on polymer substrate; concept design by
emerystudio, first issued in October 2020.
Reserve Bank of Australia, D20/43213.
Photograph of
Sir John Monash, 1912.
National Library of Australia.
Tonal sketch of Sir John Monash
by Robert Cook of Note Printing
Australia, used for the development
of the banknote's portrait.
Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 20/1302.
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