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The new A$10 banknote, part of a series. The next new banknote to be released will be the A$50, planned for 2018. Reserve Bank of Australia

September 19, 2017

It may not be beautiful but the new ten dollar note is pretty secure

Tom Spurling, Swinburne University of Technology and David Solomon, The University of Melbourne

The new series of Australian banknotes are not a designer’s dream but they are the strongest yet in terms of preventing counterfeiting.

They’re waterproof and tough – not to mention colourful – but plastic notes were developed for their unforgeability. Lis Ferla/Flickr

November 25, 2014

Proceeds of crime: how polymer banknotes were invented

Tom Spurling, Swinburne University of Technology and David Solomon, The University of Melbourne

Welcome to CSIRO Inventions, a series looking at the discoveries and innovations borne from Australia’s national science agency. In this first instalment, we outline the story behind the plastic money…

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