Australian twenty-dollar note
The Australian twenty-dollar note was issued when the currency was changed from the Australian pound to the Australian dollar on 14 February 1966. It replaced the £10 note which had similar orange colouration. There have been only three different issues of this denomination: a paper note which had a gradient of yellow and red, with a distinct orange background, and two designs of polymer note which can be recognised for their distinct red-orange colouration. The first polymer note was issued on 31 October 1994 and the Next Generation polymer banknote was issued on 9 October 2019.
| (Australia) | |
|---|---|
| Value | 20 Australian dollars |
| Width | 144 mm |
| Height | 65 mm |
| Security features | Window, Watermark |
| Material used | Polymer |
| Years of printing | 1994–1998, 2002–2003, 2005–2008, 2010, 2013, 2019–2020 |
| Obverse | |
| Design | Mary Reibey |
| Designer | emerystudio |
| Design date | 9 October 2019 |
| Reverse | |
| Design | John Flynn |
| Designer | emerystudio |
| Design date | 9 October 2019 |
As of June 2017, 164 million $20 banknotes were in circulation, 11% of the total notes in circulation; worth $3,286 million, or 4% of the total value for all denominations.
Since the start of issuance there have been 14 signature combinations, of which the 1967 issue is of the greatest value, issued for one year only; and the 1989 Phillip/Fraser being issued for less than a year.
From 1966 to 1974 the main title identifying the country was Commonwealth of Australia, there were 146,960,000 notes issued in its life. This was subsequently changed to Australia until the end of the issuance of paper currency for this denomination in 1994 with 1,661,970,048 of these notes being issued.