Australian ten-shilling note


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.
The last banknote issue had a print of 557,548,000 banknotes.

Signature combinations

and George Allen
and James Collins
Denison Miller and James Collins
Kell and James Collins
Kell and James Heathershaw
Ernest Riddle and James Heathershaw
Ernest Riddle and Harry Sheehan
Harry Sheehan and Stuart McFarlane
and Stuart McFarlane
H.C. Coombs and George Watt
H.C. Coombs and Roland Wilson