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100 Dollars
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| Year | 2019-2020 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Dame Nellie Melba, the celebrated Australian operatic soprano, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with fine microprinting. The denomination ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS appears in bold numerals, with the inscription NELLIE MELBA integrated into the design. A clear window with diffractive optically variable element forms part of the polymer substrate security architecture. |
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| Reverse lettering | AUSTRALIA ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS JOHN MONASH |
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The 2019–2020 issue was the last denomination updated in Australia's second-generation polymer upgrade cycle, which began with the $5 in 2016. The new series introduced a transparent top-to-bottom window strip — a significant engineering step beyond the earlier small window patch — and embedded a rolling colour effect through the optically variable element that had not appeared in previous Australian notes. Note Printing Australia, which has manufactured polymer currency for export to dozens of other countries, developed much of the substrate technology in partnership with the Reserve Bank's own research division.
The Pick 66 designation places this squarely in the modern catalogue, but the microprinting on the window — readable only under magnification — includes the denomination spelled out in full, a detail frequently missed in casual inspection.