Australian dollar

In circulation in 8 countries and territories

ISO code: AUD
Symbol: $
Minor unit: 100
Notes: 5
Issued by: Reserve Bank of Australia

Notes and coins in circulation

Australian dollar: what each denomination is worth

$5mauve$3.56
$10blue$7.12
$20redATM$14.24
$50yellowATM$35.60
$100blue$71.21

The Australian dollar’s largest current denomination is $100, worth about $71.21: the 25th most valuable top note among the 150 circulating currencies we have verified, where the median is $27.18.

ATM commonly dispensed by cash machines

Bars are scaled to face value on a log scale, not to physical size. Colours are the issuer’s own. Converted at mid-market reference rates; what a counter pays is always less.

Notes	Colour	Security features
$5	mauve	polymer substrate, clear window, microprint
$10	blue	polymer substrate, clear window, microprint
$20	red	polymer substrate, clear window, microprint
$50	yellow	polymer substrate, clear window, microprint
$100	blue	polymer substrate, clear window, microprint

Getting cash

Australian cash machines usually dispense $20 and $50 notes. Australia issued the world's first full series of polymer banknotes, developed jointly by the Reserve Bank and CSIRO. Every banknote the RBA has ever issued remains legal tender, so an old design is still valid, though retailers unfamiliar with it may hesitate, and most commercial banks will redeem it at face value. Pre-decimal notes convert at twice their face value (£1 = $2, £5 = $10, £10 = $20); the sole exception is the 10 shilling note, which converts to $1.

Telling a real note from a fake

Security features are designed to be checked by hand in a few seconds, tilt it, feel it, hold it to the light. These are the features Reserve Bank of Australia publishes for the Australian dollar.

$5: polymer substrate, clear window, microprint
$10: polymer substrate, clear window, microprint
$20: polymer substrate, clear window, microprint
$50: polymer substrate, clear window, microprint
$100: polymer substrate, clear window, microprint