Secrets of the Australian Dollar
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2019
- The Australian Dollar truly changed the world with the release of the first polymer banknote in 1988, and continues to lead the planet in terms of banknote technology and innovation today.
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What was with the no uploads for a while
i sent you some fan mail yesterday
Hey! I was away for a bit and had a really sore throat forever which made voiceovers impossible. I filmed all this and only did the voiceover yesterday@@slumberycell4129
@@HalfAsleepChris the fan mail i sent you should arrive in 6 to 10 business days from yesterday if the estimate was right
I remember the first time I held a US dollar bill, I was so afraid it would tear in my hands. It felt so frail & like thin tissue. Our Australian notes feel so solid & durable in comparison.
Exactly! When the new $5 bill rolled out I think a few years ago now, my mates and I tried to rip it...
We couldn't!
After several minutes of trying non-stop, the bloody thing wouldn't budge.
Love these new notes.
@Power 2 Weight Not really, I'll take it that you're American.
Power 2 Weight This has surely been said by someone that hasn’t held a polymer bank note before. They can’t be ripped or damaged easily. They are tough!
@@stevenwhite9927 they aint that tough if ur cooked in the head and got some scissors on ya.
@@mrheyfuckoff1 yes as an American this is dramatic, in my entire life I've never ripped a bill. It's not that fragile.
The $50 is the most counterfeited of the Australian banknotes, hence skipping the $20. :)
On top of it being the most used note, after the $5 note
*$10 note
I came across a counterfeit 50 dollar australian bank note several years ago when working for a fast fashion store. I felt it was fake as soon as i touched it. It was ever so slightly longer and the plastic felt thicker.
Also the old ten dollar note wasn't easy to counterfeit as banjo Patterson image was made up of micro text (his poem the man from snowy river)
Before we went polymer here in Canada, the $20 was the most counterfeited. Now counterfeiting has dropped some 75% I hear, and with the demonetizing of the old paper notes coming in soon, counterfeiting should become a non issue. Really like the look of the new Australian notes tho.
America: We have the most advance anti-counterfeiting currency in the world
Australia: 'grabs another beer' Yeah righto mate
No worries.
Up the dollaridoos 💪
@@ChubbsterBrown wut
@@shakielkms8719 Don't worry mate. We'll give ya a beer, call ya Bruce, and you'll be talkin' Strine before the sun goes down.
@@Majenta_Turkeysandvichs you think im not strayan?
As an Australian I sometimes take these notes for granted. They’re honestly so beautiful and detailed plus extremely well made. I’m proud to be from the country that makes these.
Same
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI
You must be chinese ?
Cez rok very funny joke
*not*
@@cezrok5405 That is because the installer of your door is responsible for any warranty. Is there is any manufacturing issues, the company would need to contact us directly.
I prefer the original illustrations on the first set of polymers though
America is planning to upgrade to new Australian-inspired colourful polymer banknotes. It’s scheduled to happen right after they convert to the metric system.
Good one, Albert !
Albert Batfinder 😂😂😂👍
OOF
That's great! I hope they are not only difficult to counterfeit, they are more durable and resistant to tear as well.
The only reason the USA is not converting to the colourful polymer banknotes is because they refuse to have another country show them the way. America always has to get there first.
The best thing about plastic notes is they will go through a washing machine undamaged.
Brian Williams, that is where you are wrong. The dollar notes will have white smudges and will be crippled. But it will not be ripped, maybe don’t use bleach if you’re gonna test it lol... not that I’m gonna use bleach in the washing machine...
This is oddly relatable
I've washed many an Aussie banknote and been glad that it happened post 1990.
Explosive Nut bruh Australia doesn’t have one dollar bank notes
I’ve done this so many times!
As an Aussie reading these comments and everyone talking about how good they look, I be thinking about how good they smell
As a fellow Aussie I can confirm this, especially new notes from the mint!
Smells amazing. Thought I was the only one that thought our dollars smelt great haha
@David Sorell Geez man, I dunno, I still have a $2 note, it was the first money I ever earned, that smells pretty good.
@@matthewjacques180 THE NEWLY PRINTED NOTES SMELL LIKE SHTTT
S N I F F 👌🏻 Good old dollarydoos
I’m Aboriginal and I’m sopround to have my people on a Aussie notes.
Indigenous people from all over the world need this type of recognise tbh ! ✨🙌🏽
Too true!
I cant name another country that has a First nation people on there notes
As a white Australian, I'm proud of your people on our notes. No ignoring the natives!
Coins, too.
Yung Niqqa I am European Australian, and on behalf of my people I am sorry for taking over this amazing country! Australians unite, mate!
Never thought 14 year old Daniel Radcliffe would teach me about the banknotes of the counrtry I live in
Ikr
Very good call.
hahahahaha
😂😂😂 I couldn’t have said it better
Aussie Aussie Aussie!
Honestly, I wouldn't even be mad if we changed the name from dollar to dollarydoo.
I wouldn't mind either. Roll out the 900 hundred dollarydoo single note for distribution into the economy lol
Actually Nathan, Australians are very lucky that our currency wasn’t called the “royal” , as it very nearly was! When Australia was converting from pounds to decimal currency in the 1960’s, our Prime Minister at the time, Sir Robert Menzies, who was a very staunch royalist, was proposing to call the new currency “the Royal”. Thank goodness he was overruled by wiser heads!
@@lordchickenhawk Yes true but you gotta admit it would be pretty funny.
@@horizon5761 ...horribly funny!
We should have a new one with Steve Erwin and Russel Coight on it as well.
I really like how I can look inside my purse and know exactly how much money I have in cash simply by looking at the colour of my notes. When I travel I miss that privilege.
This video was definitely aimed at trying to make us Australian's feel special lol.
Mahoneywj it worked
That's cos we are, mate.
Because we are! :)
We are special
@Thomas Jacobs I might be proud of my country and race but at least I don't think my country or race is better than anyone else. No country or race is superior. There are many countries which are much more advanced than *clean and unfilthy* Australia.
As an Australian eating at a Denny’s restaurant in LA I once left two one dollar bills as a tip. As I was paying the waitress came up to
me and thanked me for the tip.Thats never happened to me before. I got back to my hotel room and realised I was short two $100 bills.
US money all looks the same ....sadly. It was a $13 meal by the way !!
Aside from the size $100 dollar bill looks totally different than than a one dollar bill. Unless this was over 20yrs ago.
I call BS on that
Aha hahaha rip, I have not left Australia in my life so I cannot relate but i am glad it's not me
If America ever updates to plastic, they would need to keep green for tradition - but surely they could add other colours as well.
Even if it just ended up as the red, white, and blue of their flag.
Apparently Americans go by the faces of the presidents on the notes. Not sure in a darkened bar.
They skipped over the 20 because the 50 is the note with the largest counterfeit problem. They tested the technology with the 5 an 10 to ensure the ani counterfeit measures worked before releasing the 50.
Proud to be calling this amazing country home❤️
From an Afghan-Aussie ❤️
glad to have ya here!
Glad you're here mate! We're glad to have ya! 🍻
Best Wishes from an Kyrgyz-Aussie. 🇰🇬❤️🇦🇺
I’m proud too
- Fellow Aussie
We have a proud Afghan- Australian history together,going back 150 years, God Bless you Zach.
The reason they skipped the $20 is that the $50 note is circulated in by far the largest number, and is also the most commonly counterfeited and therefore the most in need of an update. The $5 and $10 were used as a kind of practice/test run, so they could start the brand new production technique off slowly, then they went straight to the $50 as it is more important to replace than the $20.
As an Australian, I have to say we have some kickarse banknotes. But unfortunately I barely use them these days. Everythings pretty much eftpos.
I'm the same. I wish that I had some of these new notes though!
I always get my money out of the bank i hate not having money on me ya never know when someone doesn't have Eftpos.
thats your choice
Efpos is all well and good till a merchant has a high surcharge or out bush.
Same here, but these days I try to keep it bit old skool and real.
I also (almost) purely only buy Aussie owned products.
Actually as a kid I was always confused when watching American tv as all the money looked the same, I'm proud to be an Aussie and to know that we posses such beauty in our land and in our pockets.
@@michaelc2472 unfortunately yes
@@michaelc2472 not many good australian shows tbh
@@michaelc2472 Yeah we get stereotyped like crazy, but in reality we are just like other first world countries.
In some of our pockets*
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Gilmore - "No foe shall gather our harvest"
Emu - "Hold my beer"
But have you heard about the Emu War (spoiler alert, the Emus won)
What people don't realize is that there is a huge deficiency in the Australian bank notes. I don't have enough of them.
cause everyone uses eftpos
@@bromellos I think hes making a joke about being poor lol
r/wooosh
Same here! I should have way more!
Damn, beat me to it. lol
Disappointed you didn't mention the CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) that specifically invented polymer bank notes. They also invented wifi and loads of other things.
They didn't invent the esky.
@@nickrobinson2711 No one cares who invented a plastic box
I've heard rumours they had a LOT to do with mobile phones too (not the crappy radio patch jobs ATT or whoever had).
Captainplanet lots of fisherman,campers, bbq party guests and medical transport couriers will say otherwise.
CSIRO doesn’t get enough credit
Man Aussies have everything to be proud of even bank notes
The kid who designed the new Australian notes came from my school, he was partially sighted
Same as our government
Cez rok - 😂😂😂
I honestly didn't know about the 1988 polymer note. I've never seen, nor heard of it before. Thanks for teaching me something.
Yeah I'm surprised I've never seen one before; they're not that old.
Yeah I didn't know about it either! I have a $5 note from 2001 celebrating federation and I'm pretty sure that escaped someone's collection because I haven't seen one since then. I think those first notes are probably out of circulation and hidden away in people's collections or recycled by now.
I've only seen the $1 and $2 notes too. didn't even know there was a $10 like that.
@@catsrcoolas _". I think those first notes are probably out of circulation and hidden away in people's collections or recycled by now."_
Yep. And they have a resale value amongst collectors of... ten dollars. Because everyone kept them.
Came out when I was in high school. I was so excited the first time I got one. They were actually quite beautiful.
i'm aussie and i loved the old $10 note because behind banjo Paterson's head in micro print is one of his poems man from snowy river
If you look closely, the text is still there, just even smaller.
I loved looking at all the notes and trying to find the micro print. Hard mode was trying to read them without a magnifying glass.
I never knew that we inspired the whole see-through banknotes thing. That's so cool!
You’re welcome.
-Every Australian Watching this Video.
Oddly enough, little things like these make me feel proud to be an Australian
Think of all the big things we have done - 'we' just don't brag about it....and get on with greater stuff - medicine (cancer research, IVF, eyes to name a few), health care, minimum wage, technology, sport and armed services (we challenge the world on a number of levels given our small population - just like our NZ bros) blah blah. We're not perfect and have our own domestic issues but we are unique!
@David Sorell Yep - unlimited data on NBN and STILL get buffering occasionally...
Kim McC don’t even try to tell me you thought you ever expect nbn to be good lol
@@neonicplays1364 Delusional right?
You forgot to mention that the new notes also have their denomination written repetitively like a thousand times in microscopic print. Good luck trying to counterfeit that!!
The old bank notes had that as well
Fun Fact: The dollar bills are different sizes so the blind can identify which note is which
no there not they have tose lumpy dot things on them.
It’s called Braille
@@ilovetigers5910 oh ok
@@r3alplayzz404 They also are different sizes - its both!
Same width, different lengths. Plus they have bar codes on the edges so the value can be read by machine.
Dear: My money (I'm Australian)
Thank you for being so durable, even when I accidentally scrunch you up or put you in the washing machine, you stay nice, I appreciate it
Now I feel special that I live in Australia.
Gares me too
Gares same
hey gares lol
I like these bank note videos, I think some of the bank notes are very interesting and pretty!
Thanks!
0:29 is it just me or did I just see Queen Elizabeth blinked?
If you look at the $10 note next to the mans neck you’ll see the song 'waltzing Matilda' which was written by that man. You’ll need a magnifying glass tho.
Its currently 3:10am here in Australia. I absolutely love your videos mate, keep it up!
Thanks a lot! :)
Australia printed typo 46 million times on $50 bills, central bank admits.
B T
Absolutely true. They printed the word ‘responsibility’ incorrectly three times on 480 million notes.
In over two years 46 million notes have been released into circulation, with the rest stored to be issued as required.
When the error was noticed, the people who made the note were devastated.
But the best part, the true Aussie response (a snip of an email) from the Reserve Bank of Australia manager - “Don’t stress too much - no one died.”
the aussie twenty dollar note also has fine print on Mary Reibeys hair that reads “twenty dollar note”
This makes me appreciate the notes I have in my wallet! Australian here btw.
Yeah! STRAYA
Yea, extracting oil to make polymer. So green
QLD>NSW
G'Day. Mate.
@@jackryan5268 TAS > AUS
Great video, from an Aussie. Personally, I'd love it if the re-issue of the $100 looked exactly like your suggestion.
That original polymer $10 note was first tested in my home town of Newcastle. My employer, the Newcastle Herald, covered the story and I got to hold one of the test notes. I remarked at the time how beautiful it was in comparison to the existing paper notes.
Being an Australian, this made me feel very patriotic.
Same
You could do a video 5x as long on Australian coins as well; I've been collecting Australian coins throughout the years (especially when I worked retail/hospitality), and have about 60 different coins, all legal tender (Aus has that many due to a commemorative theme, especially on the 50c coin. Year of the volunteer, Year of women, Princess Di's wedding, etc). Also managed to score a 1926 shilling and a few other pre 1966 coins. The best score I got was when someone used a British pound as a $1 coin; at the time the AUD was worth about 40p, so that was a pretty nice lol.
A customer once used one of those 1988 $10 notes (0:57) to pay for something, which have been out of circulation for years. That's never leaving the collection!
If i remember correctly i have a 5000 vietnamese dong coin somewhere cuz someone confused it for a dollar or smth like that ahaha
@@rachaelwang6155 Nice! I have a stack of random foreign coins in the collection as well as Yen and Yuan from visiting Japan and living in China, but nothing from Vietnam.
@@deanchur oh damn theyre almost like a souvenir ahaha
**...looks at my stale grubby American dollars...**
PaThEtIc get on our plastic level of currency
Another fun fact. Australian government science organisation the CSIRO experimented using the same polymer process and printers to print solar cells. I recall the got to about 13% efficient at low production costs but were pushing for higher efficiency to make it competitive and viable. The goal was cheap, light weight, quick to deploy panels, that were also 100% recyclable.
*Beautiful banknotes.* The durability makes the Aussie Dolla more sustainable.
Singapore also got the same technology, which they source from Australia.
I love your informative videos! Especially the ones about money.
Thanks a million!
The original first $10 polymer note was taken out of circulation. You apparently could scratch that hologram window off like a scratchie gambling card. 🤣🤣
I have one still though.
That brings back memories. I'd heard/seen a few try to pass off blank plastic sheets as was an $x note but the ink vanished lol.
Yeah, it wasn't a "great success" as he put it - they recalled it, then reissued it about 9 months later.
If your note has the letters AA in the serial number then its quite valuable, The AA series were the 1's you could scratch . They were withdrawn and a new series AB was issued.It looks identical but cant be scratched. If you have an AB $10 note its worth $10 :)
Pauly Go to your library and get a coin collectors reference and check it could ber worth $25 to $1000
@ankles632 AA prefix means it was sold in special commemorative folders issued by the Reserve Bank of Australia. No AA prefix Bicentennial $10 banknote went into circulation unless someone took it out of a folder and spent it. Only the AB prefix bicentennial $10 banknotes went into circulation. There were only two prefixes AA and AB. The first prefix and serial number to look for is AB 10. There are no AB 00 or AB 01 et cetera. There were two releases of the bicentennial $10. First release was recalled die to the hologram being easy to rub off. The 2nd release had been adjusted with a varnish coating over the top of the hologram.
One thing that not many are aware of is that New Zealand currency is made at the Australian mint in Canberra. This is why the coins are very similar in size to each other and why they weren't too far behind Australia when they changed to plastic.
Another fact about the Aussie polymer notes. If you place them (it works for all denominations of notes) flat on a table, and curl the left edge and the right edge up to touch each other, the very, very fine lines and colours marry up perfectly, and the same happens if you roll the top edge over and the bottom edge to meet in the middle, the very fine lines and colours all match perfectly. The design is brilliant.
The Australian dollar...
IS A COIN
A beautiful one I might say.
I love Australian coins. There are so many different patterns. I have box display case just dedicated to the different $1 $2 50cent and 20cent coins. I especially love the coloured $2 coins.
@@kugelschreiber9605 A $2 coin that was printed with colour on the wrong side was sold for $6500 lol
Oh i get dollar reffering to one dollar not more than one
Slime Wiz it’s actually the name of our currency
I love this series. As an Australian-Indian it’s so well made!!!!
@Justin B He's an Aussie, you're a dumbass.
A lot of the smaller Pacific island nations have their banknotes printed here in Australia too, so they use the same polymer technology and security features. The plastic banknotes are particularly useful for them; the humid tropical climate meant paper or cotton banknotes did not last very long...
American here. I would love to see more colorful and durable dollars in our future.
Evrything in this video I never new about before I learned something new thanks chris
Nice video. In case it hasn't been mentioned in the comments, some new $20's have slipped into circulation as of April 2019. I had one last week and had I known about this channel I would have sent you one, (it was used to buy lunch).
I had one a few weeks back, and when watching the video I started thinking "wait, did I imagine that?"
I love the transparent window, amazing design, such beatiful notes!
This video weirdly made me proud to be a Australian, I never paid much attention to our currency but this video made me realise its beauty. Thank you
Not perfect until they put Steve Irwin on the $100 note
Rae Rae and a stingray on the other side
They actually might though
@@SwadianKnight101 or a stingray as the hologram in the transparent section
No, Hamish Blake
@@SwadianKnight101 Dang that hurts
i always learn so much from your videos! as an australian this makes me very happy
When the new $5 banknote came out in like 2016. One kid had it and I remember how the whole class grouped around him while he showed us the note.
Good! If I see any more “20 Questions Americans have for Australians” pages asking the “Why are your bank notes colourful? It’s money, not a fashion show!” crap, or incredulously asking why our notes are plastic (as if having notes not made of paper is absurd), I’ll just link them this video. Saves my breath.
I live in the U.S. but have an Australian $5 bill. Thought the plastic was cool ever since I was a kid
What's the story behind you getting your hands on it if you don't mind sharing.
My mom collected money so she had a container filled with currencies from tons of other countries. Not really sure how she got the Australian $5 bill though. Anyways, when I was a kid she gave it to me and I continued to collect foreign money and unique US money
Have you folded the five to see the fish swallowing a penis?
@@jamesrustles8670 thank god you can still do that on the new ones
@@jamesrustles8670 the more you know 🌈
You know, I always wondered If you could actually use the map of the parliment house on the back of the 5$ note.
Depends if you are in new or old parliament house
Yesss omg loving our new notes. Cant wait for the next ones! Working as a cashier, i see soooo many different coins and notes
The new bank notes really are very cool. I love the holographic sparkly parts. I had no idea that we were the first to introduce the plastic bank notes but they really are the best. I admit that I didn't notice that we didn't have new $20 notes though.
insane production quality. Amazing video HBO should let you do a show.
They also survive going through the washing machine and dryer if accidentally left in your pocket.☺️
Good for money laundering
Just don't use bleach.
Dont put them in a microwave...they shrink big time ...dont ask me how I know this LOL
Ankles How do you know that?
planetX15 because he obviously put it in the microwave you bellend
Thanks for this video!
I am Australian and seriously hated the updated bank notes (sentimentality) but after watching this video I understand the technology so much more and I can appreciate the effort put into the design.
I really love that they added Braille to our notes, not that I need it but it makes me happy
We need a total redesign of the US bank notes.
The company that makes our Aussie notes also makes them for a few of the pacific nations.
One thing you missed mentioning - on the $10 note (at least, on the old version) there's the ENTIRE Banjo Paterson poem "The Man from Snowy River" in microprint...
This is such a great video! Very informative and beautifully done. So proud to be an Aussie!
I'm Australian and handle these notes all the time, and I haven't even noticed heaps of details you mentioned.
I hate to ask but..
When will the next Great British Adventure come out?
Probably about 3 weeks. I want to finish the travel journal (4-5 videos left, next one on Tuesday), and then it'll be finishing that. There's some great ones coming up too! :)
Wow, I use these notes almost every day and still never realised or noticed any of these incredibly detailed features!
Perfect video, thanks Chris! Very useful for our Homeschool study on Aussie bank notes.
76 down votes from counterfeiters.
I was waiting on your Aussie currency special!
I remember when my English friend came to America for a trip she looked at the banknotes and went on about how colourful they were! God, I love Australian money. My banknotes are stronger than my self-esteem.
Very good voiceover and stop motion, also congrats on 100K subs!! 🥳 Keep it up dude
Best video yet! This is my favorite seri
es. (Is this a series?)
Ay thanks! @Aleksander Budzinski
I absolutely love collecting banknotes now , i used to only collect coins
This is fantastic and I will be using it the classroom and sharing it with my colleagues!
Chris I want to see your bank note collection please!
I haven’t even watched yet but I know I love it ❤️ you always do amazing work ❤️
Thanks so much! :)
When the new fiver came out my friends and I could wait to see it. The new notes are so nice
Each note also has micro print on the main body. The steps of Parliament on the 5 has the FULL constitution. Both sides of the 10, 20 and 50 have this feature as well, not just the stems of the flowers.
There is also an image in the smaller window of the note stating the monetary value of the note itself. Australian notes and coins are badass and I love that I live here.
Also, as Matt Parker pointed out in one of his videos, our notes' total volume, length, width, height, and thickness, actually make them a very close fit to a logarithmic scale, increasing by value.
I love bank notes
Your banknote vids are sooo Interesting and their also very pretty!😁❤️
GREAT video! So much learned about the notes I have never really looked at. Thanks for your detail and research.
I live in Australia and these notes are the best thing to ever happen in currency. Not only are they safe but you can get them wet and have no issues at all no need for a wallet for example if you go to the beach. They are awesome!
What a refreshing video
Thanks glad to hear it!
Remember me when your’e famous
One thing you forgot about what we no longer have 1 & 2 dollar bills anymore.
I wish we still did and got rid of the gold coins.
@@npg68 me too, mate...
Actually Australia never had $1 or $2 “bills”! We call then ‘notes’ where I’m from, which is short for ‘banknote’. Check it out, it’s written on the currency. Actually, American currency has “banknote” written on it as well but all Americans call them bills for some reason.
@@johncanalese588 Really Bills, Notes same bloody thing who cares.
BoomerAUS if you’re an Aussie you ought be ashamed! We have enough Americanisation of our country and language as it is. Why perpetuate it.
I didn't know about the UV light bit so that was cool to learn about
I can’t believe I got this in my recommendation but not surprised that I enjoyed this