Year: 1994
Denomination: Twenty Dollars (Paper)
Signatories: B.W. Fraser,Governor,Reserve Bank of Australia
E.A.Evans, Secretary to the Treasury
Serial Number: ADK 624298 (Last Prefix)
Renniks No.: C03(b) (Joint Issues Portfolio)
Approx Grade: UNC
Note Description:
Here for your consideration is a very rare Mint UNC Very Last Prefix ADK Australian Paper $20 banknote. Derived from the very last batch printed. The note offered here is even rarer as it includes a Limited Edition No.2347 of of less than 4,000 Printed with Black OVPT. Celebrating the 100th Anniversary 1893-1993 Hargraves famous box kite experiment, innovations in Aviation at Stanwell Park South of Sydney in 1893. Nicely encompassing the aviation theme of the old $20 Australian paper banknote, with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith the early aviator on the reverse of this last side-thread & OCRB machine readable serial font type $20 banknote. This very last batch of $20 paper issue notes replaced by polymer issues from then onwards. The change from center to side thread on later paper issues was done to increase the longevity of paper notes during circulation, with the later font change from Gothic to OCRB incorporated due to advent of machine note count readers from 1979 onwards. A great time to invest in this note as it will only increase in value steadily.
Design Details:
Obverse:
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935), often called Charles Kingsford Smith, or by his nickname Smithy, was a well-known early Australian aviator. In 1928, he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia. He also made the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland, the first flights between Australia and New Zealand, and the first eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the United States. He also made a flight from Australia to London, and set a new record of 10.5 days.
Reverse:
Lawrence Hargrave (29 January 1850 – 14 July 1915) was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.
Hargrave had been interested in experiments of all kinds from an early age, particularly those to do with flying machines. When his father died in 1885, and Hargrave came into his inheritance, he resigned from the observatory to concentrate on full-time research. and for a time gave particular attention to the flight of birds. He chose to live and experiment with his flying machines in Stanwell Park, a place which offers excellent wind and hang conditions and nowadays is the most famous hang gliding and paragliding place in Australia.
In his career, Hargrave invented many devices, but never applied for a patent on any of them: he did not need the money, and he was a passionate believer in scientific communication as a key to furthering progress
Watermark: Captain Cook in left panel
All biographical details are taken from Wikipedia for education purposes only
