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Banknotes of the Australian pound#Commonwealth banknotes of the Australian pound

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Banknotes of the Australian pound were first issued by numerous private banks in Australia, starting with the Bank of New South Wales in 1817.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=163}}{{refn| This article is a split-off from Australian pound. The opening text was initially copied verbatim from the Banknotes section of the article.| group="nb"}} Acceptance of private bank notes was not made compulsory by legal tender laws but they were widely used and accepted. The Queensland government issued treasury notes (1866–1869) and banknotes (1893–1910),{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=180}} which were legal tender in Queensland. The New South Wales government issued a limited series of Treasury Notes in 1893.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=180}}

In 1910, the Commonwealth passed the Australian Notes Act of 1910 to initiate banking and currency reform. The Act stipulated that six months after the date of passage (16 September 1910), private banks could no longer issue any form of money, and that any note or instrument issued by a State Bank would no longer be considered legal tender.{{sfn|Australian Notes Act|1910|p=14}} The Act further established the powers of the Commonwealth to issue, re-issue, and cancel Australian notes.{{sfn|Australian Notes Act|1910|p=15}} The Act also established denominations, legal tender status, and the amount of gold coin held in reserve to secure the issues.{{sfn|Australian Notes Act|1910|p=15}} On 10 October 1910 (prior to the effective date of the Notes Act), a Bank Notes Tax Act 1910 imposed a "Ten pounds per centum" tax on all issued or re-issued bank notes.{{sfn|Bank Notes Tax Act|1910}} A third currency reform act was passed on 22 December 1911 establishing the Commonwealth Bank.{{sfn|Commonwealth Bank Act|1911}} The Commonwealth Bank Act of 1911 specifically stated that the bank was not to issue bills or notes for circulation.{{sfn|Commonwealth Bank Act|1911|p=Part II(8)}} The Australian Treasury issued banknotes until a 1920 amendment to the Commonwealth Bank Act of 1911. The amendment established a note-issuing department within the bank which assumed those responsibilities previously held by the Treasury.{{sfn|Commonwealth Bank Act|1920|p=No.7(60a-60h)}}

On 14 February 1966 the Australian pound was replaced by a decimal currency, the Australian dollar, which was divided into one hundred cents.{{cite web | url = http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/currency.html | title = Our currency | access-date = 12 July 2013 | author = Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | date = November 2009 | work = About Australia | publisher = Commonwealth of Australia | archive-date = 23 May 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120523201355/http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/currency.html | url-status = dead }}

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Superscribed banknotes (1910–1914)

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The first national issue of paper money (known as Superscribed banknotes) consisted of overprinted notes from fifteen private banks and the Queensland government, issued between 1910 and 1914 in denominations of £1, £5, £10, £20, £50 and £100.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=176}} The notes, purchased by the Australian government from the remaining private bank stock,{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=176}} were overprinted with the words "Australian note". Surviving notes above the £10 denomination are extremely rare: two £20 notes are known (privately held), £50 notes are known in the collections of the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Art Gallery of South Australia, and no £100 banknotes of this series are known to exist.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=176}}

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|+ Superscribed banknote issuers (1910–14)

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(in operation)

! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Location

! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Branches

! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Issue

! scope="col" style="width:100px;"| In operation

Australian Bank of Commerce Limited

|Sydney, NSW

|Brisbane, Sydney

|1,5,10,50

|1910–31

Bank of Adelaide

|Adelaide, SA

|Adelaide

|1,5,10,20,50

|1865–1980

Bank of Australasia

|London, England

|Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

|1,5,10,50,100

|1835–1951

Bank of New South Wales

|Sydney, NSW

|Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

|1,5,10,20,50,100

|1817–1982

Bank of Victoria Limited

|Melbourne, Victoria

|Melbourne

|1,5,10,20,50

|1852–1927

City Bank of Sydney

|Sydney, NSW

|Sydney

|1,5,10,20,50

|1864–1918

Colonial Bank of Australasia

|Melbourne, Victoria

|

|

|1856–1918

Commercial Bank of Australia Limited

|Melbourne, Victoria

|Hobart, Perth

|1,5

|1866–1982

Commercial Bank of Tasmania Limited

|Hobart, Tasmania

|Hobart, Launceston

|1,5,10,20

|1829–1921

Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited

|Sydney, NSW

|Sydney

|1,5,10

|1834–1982

English Scottish and Australian Bank Limited

|London, England

|Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney

|1,5,10,20,50

|1852–1970

London Bank of Australia Limited

|London, England

|Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney

|1,5,10,50,100

|1852–1921

National Bank of Australasia Limited

|Melbourne, Victoria

|Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

|1,5,10,20,50,100

|1858–1982

Queensland Government

|Brisbane, Queensland

|Brisbane

|1,5

|1893–1910

Royal Bank of Australia Limited

|London, England

|Melbourne, Sydney

|1

|1888–1927

Union Bank of Australia Limited

|London, England

|Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

|1,5,10,20,50

|1837–1951

Western Australian Bank

|Perth, WA

|Perth

|1,5,10

|1841–1927

Commonwealth banknotes of the Australian pound

In 1913 the first national banknotes were introduced in denominations of 10s,{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=183}} £1,{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=191}} £5,{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=200}} and £10.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=207}} 1914 saw the introduction of £20,{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=212}} £50,{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=213}} £100,{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=214}} and £1,000 notes.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=215}} The £1,000 note only saw limited circulation and was later confined to inter-bank use. Stocks were destroyed in 1969 and there are no uncancelled examples of this note known to exist in private hands, though a single cancelled example sold in a 2007 auction for AU$1,200,000.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=215}}

Design alterations were introduced fairly quickly. Beginning in 1915, 10s notes included a red "Half Sovereign" overprint.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=184}} Banknote size was reduced for the £1 (1923),{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=195}} £5 (1924),{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=202}} and £10 (1925).{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=208}} A portrait of King George V was introduced in the mid-1920s on the 10s through £10 notes.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|pp=185–208}} These notes still referred to the currency's convertibility to gold on demand.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|pp=185–208}} A newer £1,000 note (1923–1928) with the profile of George V was also prepared but never issued.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=220}} A punch-cancelled specimen note was discovered in London in 1996 and subsequently sold for a sum in excess of $200,000. Nonetheless, this note is not recognised as a legitimate Australian banknote issue.

Just after the start of the Great Depression in 1933, Australian currency ceased to be redeemable for gold at the previously maintained rate of one gold sovereign for one pound currency. Subsequently, a new series of legal tender notes were designed, once again bearing the portrait of King George V, in denominations of 10s, £1, £5 and £10.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|pp=185–209}} These denominations and designs were maintained and modified to accommodate the portrait of King George VI in 1938.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|pp=189–210}} For both issues £50 and £100 specimens were prepared, but were not issued.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|pp=219–220}}

=Issuance of the Australian pound banknote (1913–1965)=

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|+ Issuance of the Australian pound banknote (1913–1965)

scope="col" style="width:40px;"| Issue{{sfn|Cuhaj|2010}}

! scope="col" style="width:60px;"|Value
(Dates)

! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Banknote

! scope="col" style="width:185px;"| Varieties{{sfn|Pitt|2013}}

! scope="col" | Images
Size{{sfn|Pitt|2013}}

rowspan="6"|{{center|1913 First Issue}}

!0000.25-19165 Shillings
c. 1916

|

|Cerutty and Collins
(printed, not issued)

|O:George V

0000.50-191310 Shillings
1913

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-Commonwealth of Australia-10 Shillings (1913).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 135|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

|Collins and Allen (1913)

|O:Arms
R:Goulburn Weir
{{convert|194x83|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0001.00-19131 Pound
1913

|300px

| Collins and Allen

|O:Crowned arms, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Gold miners underground
{{convert|184x92|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0001.00-1913a1 Pound
(1894)
1914–15

|

| Collins and Allen
Emergency issue superscribed note.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=192}}

|O:Allegory of woman with anchor
{{convert|182x118|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0001.00-19131 Pound
1914–15

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-2-Commonwealth of Australia-One Pound (1913 - 1914) Rainbow Note.jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 172|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Collins and Allen
Emergency issue note{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=193}}

|O:Black text on multicolour underprint
R:Contemporary inscription
{{convert|184x102|mm|in|abbr=on}}

1000.00-19141,000 Pounds
1914–24

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-2A-Commonwealth of Australia-1000 Pounds (1914-24).jpg||bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 194|oTop = 5|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Collins and Allen
Kell and Collins (1925)

|O:Arms
R:Merino sheep in Bungaree
{{convert|215x143|mm|in|abbr=on}}

rowspan="7"|{{center|1913 Second Issue}}

!0000.50-191810 Shillings
1915–18

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-3b-Commonwealth of Australia-10 Shillings (1918).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 137|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

|Collins and Allen (1915)
[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cerutty-charles-john-9717 Cerutty] and Collins (1918)

|O:Arms, blue text multicolour underprint, "Half Sovereign" red overprint
R:Goulburn Weir
{{convert|197x88|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0001.00-19181 Pound
1913–18

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-4d-Commonwealth of Australia-One Pound (1918).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 155|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Collins and Allen (1914)
[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cerutty-charles-john-9717 Cerutty] and Collins (1918)

|O:Crowned arms, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Gold miners underground
{{convert|184x92|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0005.00-19185 Pounds
1913–18

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-5c-Commonwealth of Australia-5 Pounds (1918).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 190|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Collins and Allen
[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cerutty-charles-john-9717 Cerutty] and Collins (1918){{refn|group="nb"|name=Treasury specimen |These specimen notes (Treasury Issue) are perforation-cancelled and have black diagonal lines across the front and back. A single specimen note of this type appeared in auction in 2003 and is valued to be a six-figure (USD) banknote.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=217}}}}

|O:Arms, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Hawkesbury River landscape
{{convert|167x105|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0010.00-191810 Pounds
1913–18

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-6b-Commonwealth of Australia-10 Pounds (1918).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 188|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Collins and Allen
[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cerutty-charles-john-9717 Cerutty] and Collins (1918){{refn|group="nb"|name=Treasury specimen}}

| O:Arms, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Wagons with bags of grain at Narwonah railway station
{{convert|165x102|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations (10-pound) |Size variation up to +6mm in length.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=207}}}}

0020.00-191820 Pounds
1914–18

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-7b-Commonwealth of Australia-20 Pounds (1918).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 187|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Collins and Allen
[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cerutty-charles-john-9717 Cerutty] and Collins (1918){{refn|group="nb"|name=Treasury specimen}}

| O:Arms, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Lumberjacks at Bruny Island
{{convert|165x98|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations (20-pound) | Size variation up to +4 mm in length and/or width.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=212}}}}

0050.00-191850 Pounds
1914–18

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-8c-Commonwealth of Australia-50 Pounds (1918).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 187|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Collins and Allen
[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cerutty-charles-john-9717 Cerutty] and Collins (1920){{refn|group="nb"|name= Unknown specimen|The 50 and 100-pound specimen notes with diagonal red overprint of the word "SPECIMEN" are unlisted in [https://www.amazon.com/Renniks-Australian-Banknote-Values-Edition/dp/0987338617 Renniks].{{sfn|Pitt|2013}} }}

| O:Arms, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Merino sheep, Bungaree
{{convert|166x102|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations (50-pound) | Size variation up to +2 mm in length.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=2013}}}}

0100.00-1918100 Pounds
1914–18

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-9c-Commonwealth of Australia-100 Pounds (1918).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 187|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Collins and Allen
[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cerutty-charles-john-9717 Cerutty] and Collins (1924){{refn|group="nb"|name= Unknown specimen}}

| O:Arms, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Leura Falls, Upper Yarra River
{{convert|168x102|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations |Size variation up to +2 mm in length and/or width.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|pp=186–98}}}}

rowspan="4"|{{center|1923–25 Issue}}

!0000.50-1923Half Sovereign
1923

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-10-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-Half Sovereign (1923).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 139|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

|Miller and Collins (1923){{refn|group="nb"|name= Harrison specimen| These specimen notes (Harrison Issue) are perforation-cancelled, have black diagonal lines across the front and back, and two large punch holes on the front left side. A single specimen note of this type appeared in auction and is valued to be a six-figure (USD) banknote.{{sfn|Pitt|2013|p=217}} }}

|
O:George V, brown with multicolour underprint, Half Sovereign overprint
R:Goulburn Weir
{{convert|180x78|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0001.00-19231 Pound
1923

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-11b-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-One Pound (1923).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 137|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Miller and Collins{{refn|group="nb"|name= Harrison specimen}}

|O:George V, olive-green with multicolor underprint
R:Cook's landing at Botany Bay
{{convert|180x78|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0005.00-19245 Pounds
1924–27

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-13a-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-5 Pounds (1924).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 136|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

|Kell and Collins (1924){{refn|group="nb"|name= Harrison specimen}}
Kell and Heathershaw (1927)

|O:George V, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Hawkesbury River landscape
{{convert|180x78|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0010.00-192510 Pounds
1925

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-14-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-10 Pounds (1925).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 135|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

|Kell and Collins
(specimen only){{refn|group="nb"|name= Harrison specimen}}

|O:George V, red with multicolour underprint
R:Wagons with bags of grain
{{convert|180x78|mm|in|abbr=on}}

rowspan="4"|{{center|1926–27 Issue}}

!0000.50-1926Half Sovereign
1926–33

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-15d-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-Half Sovereign (1933).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 136|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Kell and Collins (1926)
Kell and Heathershaw (1927)
Riddle and Heathershaw (1928)
Riddle and Sheehan (1933)

|O:George V, brown with multicolour underprint, Half Sovereign overprint
R:Goulburn Weir
{{convert|180x78|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0001.00-19261 Pound
1926–32

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-16c-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-One Pound (1927).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 140|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Kell and Collins (1926)
Kell and Heathershaw (1927)
Riddle and Heathershaw (1927)
Riddle and Sheehan (1932)

|O:George V, olive-green with multicolor underprint
R:Cook's landing at Botany Bay
{{convert|180x78|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0005.00-19275 Pounds
1927–32

|

| Riddle and Heathershaw (1927)
Riddle and Sheehan (1932)

|O:George V, blue with multicolour underprint
R:Hawkesbury River landscape
{{convert|180x78|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0010.00-192510 Pounds
1925–33

|300px

| Kell and Collins (1925)
Riddle and Heathershaw (1925)
Riddle and Sheehan (1933)

|O:George V, red with multicolour underprint
R:wagons with bags of grain at Narwonah railway station
{{convert|180x77|mm|in|abbr=on}}

rowspan="6"|{{center|1933–34 Issue}}

!0000.50-193310 Shillings
1933

|

| Riddle and Sheehan (1933)

|O:George V, brown with multicolour underprint
R:manufacturing allegory
WM:Edward VIII as Prince of Wales
{{convert|155x81|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations}}

0000.50-193410 Shillings
1934

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-20-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-10 Shillings (1934).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 160|oTop = 2|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Riddle and Sheehan (1934)

|O:George V, brown with multicolour underprint, overprint Ten Shillings
R:manufacturing allegory
WM:Edward VIII as Prince of Wales
{{convert|155x81|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations}}

0000.50-193610 Shillings
1936–39

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-21-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-10 Shillings (1936–39).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 173|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Riddle and Sheehan (1936)

|O:George V, orange with multicolour underprint, overprint Ten Shillings
R:manufacturing allegory
WM:Edward VIII as Prince of Wales, size reduced
{{convert|137x76|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations}}

0001.00-19331 Pound
1933–38

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-22a-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-One Pound (1933–38).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 162|oTop = 2|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Riddle and Sheehan

|O:George V, green with multicolour underprint
R:shepherds with sheep
WM:Edward VIII as Prince of Wales
{{convert|155x79|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations}}

0005.00-19335 Pounds
1933–39

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-23b-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-Five Pounds (1933–39).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 142|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Riddle and Sheehan

|O:George V, blue with multicolour underprint
R:dock workers with barrels and sacks
WM:Edward VIII as Prince of Wales
{{convert|181x79|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0010.00-193410 Pounds
1934–39

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-24-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-10 Pounds (1934–39).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 142|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Riddle and Sheehan

|O:George V, red with multicolour underprint
R:allegory of agriculture
WM:Edward VIII as Prince of Wales
{{convert|181x79|mm|in|abbr=on}}

rowspan="7"|{{center|1938–40 Issue}}

!0000.25-19465 Shillings
1946

|

|Armitage and McFarlane
(not Issued)

|O:George VI, black with red-brown underprint
R:Australian crown coin

0000.50-193910 Shillings
1939–54

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-25a-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-10 Shillings (1939).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 173|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Sheehan and McFarlane (1939)
Armitage and McFarlane (1942)
Coombs and Watt (1949)
Coombs and Wilson (1952)

|O:George VI, orange with multicolour underprint
R:allegory of manufacturers
WM:Captain James Cook
{{convert|137x76|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations}}

0001.00-19381 Pound
1938–52

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-26a-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-One Pound (1938).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 163|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center }}

| Sheehan and McFarlane (1938)
Armitage and McFarlane (1942)
Coombs and Watt (1949)
Coombs and Wilson (1952)

|O:George VI, green with multicolour underprint
R:shepherds with sheep
WM:Captain James Cook
{{convert|155x79|mm|in|abbr=on}}{{refn|group="nb"|name=Size variations}}

0005.00-19395 Pounds
1939–52

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-27d-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-Five Pounds (1952).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 138|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Sheehan and McFarlane (1939)
Armitage and McFarlane (1941)
Coombs and Watt (1949)
Coombs and Wilson (1952)

|O:George VI, blue with multicolour underprint
R:dock workers with barrels and sacks
WM:Captain James Cook
{{convert|181x79|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0010.00-194010 Pounds
1940–52

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-28b-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-10 Pounds (1942).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 137|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Sheehan and McFarlane (1940)
Armitage and McFarlane(1943)
Coombs and Watt (1949)
Coombs and Wilson (1952)

|O:George VI, red with multicolour underprint
R:allegory of agriculture
WM:Captain James Cook
{{convert|181x79|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0050.00-193950 Pounds
1939

|

| Sheehan and McFarlane
specimen only, not issued

|O:George VI, purple with multicolour underprint
WM:Captain James Cook

0100.00-1939100 Pounds
1939

|

| Sheehan and McFarlane
specimen only, not issued

|O:George VI, brown with multicolour underprint
WM:Captain James Cook (suspected)

rowspan="4"|{{center|1953–54 Issue}}

!0000.50-195410 Shillings
1954–66

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-29-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-10 Shillings (1954-60).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 173|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

|Coombs and Wilson (1954)
Coombs and Wilson (1961)

|O:Matthew Flinders, arms, brown with multicolour underprint
R:Old Parliament House
WM:Captain James Cook
{{convert|137x76|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0001.00-19541 Pound
1954–60

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-26d-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-One Pound (1952).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Coombs and Wilson

|O:Elizabeth II, arms, green with multicolour underprint
R:Charles Sturt and Hamilton Hume
WM:Captain James Cook
{{convert|156x81|mm|in|abbr=on}}

0005.00-19545 Pounds
1954–59

|{{Css Image Crop|Image = AUS-31-Commonwealth Bank of Australia-Five Pounds (1954).jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 300|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| Coombs and Wilson

|O:Sir John Franklin, arms, blue on multicolour underprint
R:bull and cow's head, sheep
WM:Captain James Cook
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0010.00-195410 Pounds
1954–59

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| Coombs and Wilson

|O:Gov. Arthur Phillip, arms, red and black with multicolour underprint
R:allegory of woman with compass, science and industry
{{convert|181x79|mm|in|abbr=on}}

rowspan="2"|{{center|1960–61 Issue}}

!0005.00-19605 Pounds
1960–65

|

| Coombs and Wilson

|O: Sir John Franklin, arms, black on blue underprint
R:bull and cow's head, sheep
WM:Captain James Cook
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0010.00-196010 Pounds
1960–65

|

| Coombs and Wilson

| O:Gov. Arthur Phillip, arms, black with red underprint
R:allegory of woman with compass, science and industry
WM:Captain James Cook
{{convert|181x79|mm|in|abbr=on}}

References

=Footnotes=

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  • {{cite act| title = Bank Notes Tax Act 1910| number = 14| date = 10 October 1910| article = | articletype= | url = https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C1910A00014 | accessdate = 11 July 2015 |ref={{harvid|Bank Notes Tax Act|1910}}}}
  • {{cite act| title = Commonwealth Bank Act 1911| number = 18| date = 22 December 1911| article = | articletype= | url = https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C1911A00018 | accessdate = 11 July 2015 |ref={{harvid|Commonwealth Bank Act|1911}}}}
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