When will the newly redesigned Australian bank notes be released?

All the wrong moves bloomst ?

Considering $10 million AUD was spent in their development I would like to see them released.

You do not like the new designs?
 
why does the word "Australia" look like its been circled out of a crossword puzzle on all the notes? besides that, they are fugly as hell. colours are crap, like its play money. makes them look more worthless.
 
Seeing as the $100 note was released in the 80s we should be due for a $200 note by now
 
Whats wrong with the current design?

17 years ago we had to get used to the poly note, which is a change for the better in terms of product life.

I like what we have now...
 
aleks said:
Seeing as the $100 note was released in the 80s we should be due for a $200 note by now
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The $200 note won't happen because the global government(s) want us to gravitate to a cashless society where everything can be tracked.
 
The idea behind losing the high denomination note is to make suitcases full of money heavier.

The 500 Euro note is apparently only used by criminals to move large amounts of money around. I remember reading in the banknote museum that they didn't want to release a 10 shilling note back in the day, for exactly the same reasons.

I think that changing the banknote design will see 'hoards' of money that have been stored under mattresses come to light. Then when you try to spend them you will be told they are no longer accepted and you will have to take them to a bank for exchange. The bank will then ask you to prove that they weren't stolen, will confiscate them during the investigation and the Government will try and get you for tax evasion or benefit fraud.

Best off stacking gold than notes.
 
Petition for dundee on the $100 note. That would a pretty damn good note to fold under a pocket knife clip ;)
that wood duck John Monach might be an ok bloke but he dont look right in that sketch up.

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Source: news.com
 
mmm....shiney! said:
The project, called Next Generation Bank Note, is more than two years behind schedule and has so far cost $9.3 million
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:mad:

Time to privatise money.
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Er...you know that both organizations responsible for printing our banknotes are private companies, right?
 
Jislizard said:
The idea behind losing the high denomination note is to make suitcases full of money heavier.

The 500 Euro note is apparently only used by criminals to move large amounts of money around. I remember reading in the banknote museum that they didn't want to release a 10 shilling note back in the day, for exactly the same reasons.

I think that changing the banknote design will see 'hoards' of money that have been stored under mattresses come to light. Then when you try to spend them you will be told they are no longer accepted and you will have to take them to a bank for exchange. The bank will then ask you to prove that they weren't stolen, will confiscate them during the investigation and the Government will try and get you for tax evasion or benefit fraud.

Best off stacking gold than notes.
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what about when they redesign gold?
 
Big A.D. said:
mmm....shiney! said:
The project, called Next Generation Bank Note, is more than two years behind schedule and has so far cost $9.3 million
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:mad:

Time to privatise money.
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Er...you know that both organizations responsible for printing our banknotes are private companies, right?
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Er...you know who has to pay the bills, right?

EDit: remove the cost of issuing and printing bank notes from the taxpayer, remove the currency control the Federal government has, allow private companies (banks, Woolies, Bunnings etc) to issue their own currencies all competing with each other to gain market advantage, the strongest and most reliable currencies will prevail.
 
mmm....shiney! said:
Er...you know who has to pay the bills, right?

EDit: remove the cost of issuing and printing bank notes from the taxpayer, remove the currency control the Federal government has, allow private companies (banks, Woolies, Bunnings etc) to issue their own currencies all competing with each other to gain market advantage, the strongest and most reliable currencies will prevail.
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Yeah, uh, we tried that up until about a hundred years ago and it was so chaotic that the Commonwealth treasury took over the job of issuing currency notes to introduce stability so that businesses could function.

$210 million worth of Borders gift cards says that private currency issues are still a pretty dumb idea.
 
Big A.D. said:
the Commonwealth treasury took over the job of issuing currency notes to introduce stability so that businesses could function.
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Do you think that was the reason?

Big A.D. said:
$210 million worth of Borders gift cards says that private currency issues are still a pretty dumb idea.
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That's a very good example of a "currency" being issued fraudulently and the faith (blind faith) that consumers have. We would have a different view if it was understood that a company was issuing money without the resources to back it up, you wouldn't accept or deal in Border's currency notes if you suspected they were on the verge of insolvency, you'd take them back to Borders and cash them out for goods or (god forbid I refer to that yellow metal) gold. :cool:

A good old fashioned bank run.
 
mmm....shiney! said:
Big A.D. said:
the Commonwealth treasury took over the job of issuing currency notes to introduce stability so that businesses could function.
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Do you think that was the reason?

Big A.D. said:
$210 million worth of Borders gift cards says that private currency issues are still a pretty dumb idea.
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That's a very good example of a "currency" being issued fraudulently and the faith (blind faith) that consumers have. We would have a different view if it was understood that a company was issuing money without the resources to back it up, you wouldn't accept or deal in Border's currency notes if you suspected they were on the verge of insolvency, you'd take them back to Borders and cash them out for goods or (god forbid I refer to that yellow metal) gold. :cool:

A good old fashioned bank run.
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Didn't Borders even try to revalue their scrip to half its original value before crashing?

Does anyone have any old Borders Store Cards, they would look good next to my Zimbabwe Dollars in my collection of "Why gold is better".

Private currencies can't really operate while there is a circulating national currency, if they get too good the governments will just find a way to shut them down.

I have always said that Gift Cards were the worst gift you could give someone. You are changing money that can be spent in any shop in Australia for a piece of plastic that can only be spent in a limited number of shops and has a USE BY DATE! FFS!

But when I bring that up I get told that sticking money in an envelope shows that you haven't put any thought into it, as opposed to the thought that goes into "I figured you might shop at Myers, so next time you are there you can buy part of something"

Anyway, I am not sure what problem they are trying to fix by changing the banknotes.

The main excuse is so that they can keep one step ahead of the forgers, I suppose if the forgers could turn out $9.3 million dollars worth of polymer banknotes that were convincing then maybe we would need to update the security features but at the moment it would be cheaper to let the forgers get on with it.
 
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