1988 $10 Note Bicentennial 1st issue AB 33 Last Prefix Johnston/Fraser R310aL Uncirculated
| We Last Sold This Item For: | $1,000.00 |
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| Last Sold On: | 14/5/2023 |
| # Sold In Past 12 Months: | 0 |
1988 $10 Note Bicentennial 1st issue AB 33 Last Prefix Johnston/Fraser R310aL Uncirculated
Front: Aboriginal youth in front of Morning Star pole and ancient rock paintings
Back: HMS Supply at Sydney Cove in 1788
Period on Issue: January 1988
This rare note rounds out the 1st print run of the world's 1st polymer notes.
Production of Australia's first polymer notes was split into 3 distinct print runs:
- Notes sold to collectors and the general public;
- The first series printed for circulation (AB First Series); and
- The second series printed for circulation (AB Second Series).
The collector market has long regarded notes from each of these distinct print runs quite differently, and will pay much more for certain notes than they will for others.
The only notes that were released to the general public on Australia Day in 1988 are those from the production run known to collectors as the AB First Series the serials began with the letters AB, and had either 93, 94 or 96 as their 3rd and 4th digits.
This AB33 1st series note is one of the very last notes from that print run. Numismatic experts have determined that due to industrial action, only around 500,000 notes from the First Series print run ever entered circulation - only a tiny fraction of that number would have this serial prefix.
This particular note remains in impeccable condition - it is complete free of folds, bends, flicks or indentations.
SKU: 3721
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