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Encyclopedia > Australian 2 dollar note
Two Dollars (Australia)
Value: 2 Australian dollars
Width: 152 mm
Height: 76 mm
Security Features: metallic security thread, Watermark
Paper Type: Cotton fibre
Years of Printing: 1966-1988
Obverse
Obverse
Design: John Macarthur and Marino sheep
Designer: ?
Design Date: ?, 1965
Reverse
Reverse
Design: William Farrer and Wheat
Designer: ?
Design Date: ?, 1965


The $2 note was introduced in 1966 to replace the One pound note due to Decimalisation. ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation rate 2. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation rate 2. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter), symbol mm is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... A security thread is a security feature of many bank notes to protect against counterfeiting, consisting of a thin ribbon which is threaded through the notes paper. ... This Crown & CA (for Crown Agent) watermark was standard for postage stamps of the British colonies from the 1880s to the 1920s. ... Cotton ready for harvest. ... Alternate meanings: John D. MacArthur, John R. Macarthur John Macarthur (1767-1834), soldier, politician and pioneer of the Australian wool industry, was born in Devonshire, but the MacArthurs are an old Argyll family, from which the American military hero General Douglas MacArthur was also descended. ... Marino (postcode 5049) is a suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... William James Farrer (April 3, 1845 - April 16, 1906) was a leading Australian agriculturist and wheat breeder. ... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 For the indie rock group see: Wheat (band). ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...


Security Features

The paper design included a watermark in the white field of Captain James Cook, the watermark was also used in the last issue of pound banknotes. A metalic strip first near the centre of the note, than from 1976 was moved to the left side on the obverse of the note. James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. ...

Preceded by
One pound note (Australian)
Two Dollars (Australian)
1966–1988
Succeeded by
Two dollar coin (Australian)


 
 

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