Catalog
50 Dollars - Teller Training Note
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain yellow guilloche underprint on paper stock, with a large bold numeral '50' printed in black at centre, flanked by smaller denomination numerals '50' in the upper left and upper right corners. The overall design is deliberately simplified, devoid of portraiture or vignette, intended solely for teller familiarisation purposes. The legend 'FOR TRAINING PURPOSES ONLY' appears in black letterpress along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | FOR TRAINING PURPOSES ONLY |
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Teller training notes were produced to allow bank staff to practice cash-handling, counting, and sorting without using genuine currency. The Reserve Bank of Australia issued these facsimile pieces for internal training purposes, and they were never intended to re-enter circulation — disposal after use was standard procedure, which is why intact examples surface rarely.
The $50 denomination was a practical choice: high enough to matter in training exercises simulating real transaction volumes, common enough in daily banking that tellers needed repetition handling it.