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1 Dollar South Australia
| Issuer | Australia |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Designer(s) | Franck Medina |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of the Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen); at centre, the South Australian coat of arms; at right, a portrait of David Unaipon, Aboriginal writer, pastor and inventor, styled after the Australian fifty-dollar note. Issued as a fantasy essay note dated Adelaide, 20th April 2021. |
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| Reverse description | At left, a cartographic vignette of Australia; at centre, a view of the Remarkable Rocks in Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island; at right, a sprig of mimosa in bloom above a Wombat (Vombatidae). The note bears a disclaimer that it is not legal tender. |
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Australia decimalised in 1966, replacing the pound with the dollar — so a 2021 paper note denominated in dollars from South Australia sits outside any standard Reserve Bank of Australia series, which has issued polymer notes exclusively since completing the full transition in 1996. That combination of paper composition, state attribution, and recent date points firmly toward a commemorative or novelty issue rather than a circulating banknote. Franck Medina is a French designer known for producing fantasy and cinematic prop notes, which likely explains both the paper substrate and the state-level denomination, neither of which have any basis in Australian monetary history.