New Signature on Australian 20 dollar note
Australian
20 dollar notes with the signature of Glenn Stevens
have now entered circulation.
Glenn Stevens replaced Ian Macfarlane,
as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), on 18 September
2006. Prior to this appointment,
Glenn Stevens had been Deputy Governor of the RBA since 2001; he has held
various appointments with the RBA since 1980.
The second signature on the note is that
of Dr Ken Henry, who has been Secretary to the
Treasury since 2001.
These 20 dollar notes (with the
signatures of Stevens and Henry) were obtained from an automatic teller machine
(ATM) in a Melbourne (
Australian polymer notes are dated in
that the last two digits of the year of printing are included in the serial
number. In the above example (which is
on the Stevens / Henry 20 dollar note):
·
the prefix (BJ) indicates the position of the note on the sheet
of notes (prior to their cutting into individual notes);
·
the first two numerals (07) indicates the year of printing
(2007);
·
the last six numerals (823995) is the
actual serial number (the notes are numbered from 999999 down to 000001).
It is believed that all Australian notes
printed in 2006 have the signatures of Macfarlane and Henry. At this stage it is not known which
denominations (other than 20 dollar) will be printed in 2007.
Last updated 21 November 2007
References:
Websites of Reserve Bank of Australia and The Treasury of the Australian Government