100 Dollars

Issuer	Reserve Bank of Australia
Year	1996-2017
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Obverse description	Intaglio portrait of Dame Nellie Melba at centre, set against a fine guilloche underprint in green and gold tones; to the left, a vignette of Her Majesty's Theatre interior with a full-length figure of Melba in performance attire and the cursive inscription 'Melba' alongside an ornate monogram. The denomination '100' and the legend 'ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS' appear at upper right, accompanied by two facsimile signatures of the Secretary to the Treasury and the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, with the legal tender inscription below.
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Reverse description	Intaglio portrait of General Sir John Monash at centre-right against a guilloche underprint in orange and green; to the left, a large vignette of the Rising Sun badge with a WWI scene of a soldier leading a donkey, evoking the Gallipoli campaign, and below, a frieze of horse-drawn artillery in action. At upper left, a smaller vignette shows a mounted military figure before the Australian Military Forces crest, while to the right a scene of artillery crews in the field completes the WWI battle imagery.
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Protection description	Clear polymer window at right incorporating an optically variable device with a stylised lyre bird motif in black and silver that shifts appearance with viewing angle; see-through registration printed on both sides of the window panel.
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