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| 正面描述 | The obverse presents a central intaglio portrait of King George VI in military uniform within an oval vignette, flanked by the denomination numeral "5/" in large guilloche-worked figures to the right. The upper border carries the inscription "COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA" beneath a crown, with "AUSTRALIAN NOTES" along the very top margin. To the left of the portrait, the text reads "LEGAL TENDER FOR Five Shillings IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN ALL TERRITORIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COMMONWEALTH", with serial number prefix "AA 0" and the specimen number "000001" appearing twice at upper left and upper right. Two facsimile signatures appear at the lower portion, with "FIVE SHILLINGS" lettered along the bottom border. |
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| 正面铭文 | AUSTRALIAN NOTES COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGAL TENDER FOR Five Shillings IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN ALL TERRITORIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COMMONWEALTH FIVE SHILLINGS |
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Australia's 5 Shilling note had an unusually short effective lifespan as a circulating denomination — by the time this 1946 issue was printed, the note was already considered economically marginal, with coins handling most low-value transactions. The Commonwealth Bank's Note Printing Branch in Melbourne had been producing Australian currency domestically since 1920, ending the reliance on British printers that had defined the earlier series.
Pick 24A is the final type for this denomination. The 5 Shilling note was discontinued entirely when Australia decimalised in 1966, at which point it converted to 50 cents — a coin, not a note.