Australian ten-shilling note

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{{Infobox banknote

| country = Australia

| denomination = Ten shillings

| value = ½

| unit = Australian pound

| width_mm = 137

| height_mm = 76

| security_features = Watermark

| paper_type = Cotton

| years_of_printing = 1913–1966

| obverse = {{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-3b-Commonwealth of Australia-10 Shillings (1918).jpg|bSize = 260|cWidth = 260|cHeight = 117|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| obverse_design = Coat of arms of Australia (1908–12)

| obverse_designer = ?

| obverse_design_date = 1913 Second issue (1918 note date)

| reverse ={{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-3b-Commonwealth of Australia-10 Shillings (1918).jpg|bSize = 260|cWidth = 260|cHeight = 117|oTop = 116|oLeft = 0}}

| reverse_design = Goulburn Weir

| reverse_designer = ?

| reverse_design_date = 1913 Second issue (1918 note date)

}}

The 10/- banknote was first issued on 1 May 1913 as a blue banknote payable in gold. It was equal to a half sovereign gold coin. The sizes varied but the design was the same for the following issues: 1913–1914 issue was 194×83mm, 1915–1923 197×88 mm, 1923–1933 180×78mm. This issue was payable in gold but subsequent issues were legal tender.

The 1913 note was the world's first officially issued ten-shilling note. The first note, serial number M000001, was printed by Judith Denman, five-year-old daughter of the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Denman.James Cockington, Sydney Morning Herald, Money, 1 May 2013. [http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/notes-sale-is-a-sale-of-note-20130430-2iphi.html "Note's sale is a sale of note"]. Retrieved 28 November 2014

The last banknote issue had a print of 557,548,000 banknotes.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}{{dubious|date=February 2012}}

The ten-shilling note was equivalent to one dollar upon decimalisation in 1966.