Catalog
20 Dollars
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| Year | 1974-1994 |
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| Printer | Note Printing Australia, Melbourne, Australia (1998-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | AUSTRALIA TWENTY DOLLARS GOVERNOR, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA. SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY THIS AUSTRALIAN NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA AND ITS TERRITORIES |
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| Protection description | Captain James Cook's portrait visible when held to light |
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The paper series Australian $20 ran from 1974 until it was superseded by the polymer note in 1994, making it one of the longer-lived denominations before the RBA's staged transition away from cotton substrate. The signature combinations span nearly two decades of governors and secretaries, and the Knight & Stone issues are notable for appearing in two distinct serial number typefaces — the earlier straight-limbed OCR-style font replaced a simpler roman face mid-run, a change that creates real variety within what otherwise looks like a single issue type.