Best thing about Aussie money is that you don't destroy notes if you leave them in your pocket when you do your washing.

@alsheps300

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment the exact same thing!!!

@Kustom2170

2 жыл бұрын

You took the words out of my mouth 💯

@seventytwo1001000

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like putting on a pair of jeans and finding a beer token in your pocket

@tristanmeadows

2 жыл бұрын

and sometimes you wear pants months later and have money in the pocket its the best :D

@markorton838

2 жыл бұрын

i think the cotton in american money prevents the wasing machine totally destroying it

Another feature he doesn't mention but you can see. Every single note is a different size, so even before those tactile features vision impaired people could easily tell them apart by size.

@zybch

2 жыл бұрын

And the ink is tactile (not just the braile spots). So they're easy to handle and sort through. Any black in the design is printed many times more than the rest of the ink (which is 5-6 layers 'deep' to start with, and is easily feelable, especially when the notes are new. Theres a 'how its made' segment about it floating around on youtube thats worth look.

@elenawilliams32

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a blind guy use an autoteller to take money out and ended up talking to him about it, he felt it and knew he had received the right amount. Clever. Also, they survive going through the washing machine.

@LEFTshinFIGHT

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I reckon cash will be phased out in Australia in the near future and COVID is speeding it up, there’s a lot of shops and servos that are card only these days, in my area anyway.

@ethanHEART1

2 жыл бұрын

As an Aussie my favourite note is the $100, I rarely end up with a $100 note but when I have one I’m always happy.

@stephanieyee9784

2 жыл бұрын

@@LEFTshinFIGHT, due to Covid-19 we have been using our cards to tap more but cash will never Not be used. We all need a bit of cash for little things and it's not so bad if you lose $20 cash but a Disaster if you lose your card. I save my coins and $5 notes for travel and emergencies. I also tip the delivery driver when he brings my beer!

Cool feature with Aussie coins.... Two 5c coins weigh the same as one 10c coin. Two 10c coins weigh the same as one 20c coin. So you can count a whole bunch of mixed silver coins just by weighing them. No need to sort out.

@lukebrydon132

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know that and I’m an Aussie! That’s awesome

@davidstowar6636

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukebrydon132 and I'm pretty sure the main reason Aussie notes are different sizes is to make them weigh different amounts and so it's easy to detect a $10 note mixed in with a bunch of $50

@k.vn.k

2 жыл бұрын

Wow 😮 first time I heard this and yes I am Aussie.

@BurgoYT

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, this is what my dad told me as they owned a supermarket for 16 years

@k.vn.k

2 жыл бұрын

@@cg558 😂 not really correct though it still sort out foreign coins and foreign objects of same weight

This is the first American reaction channel that I have found that has not made fun of Australia when reacting to us and has actually been respectful, keep up the good work.

@GrumpSkull

2 жыл бұрын

He even eats Vegemite several times a week.

@joannemurdock7899

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrumpSkull he's very cool and a very Aussie eat!

@phillharrison7333

Жыл бұрын

@@joannemurdock7899 I don't mind others making fun of us as we do it about others. Just be correct is all i ask 😁

On the original $10 polymer bank note the shading behind the mans head is actually the full poem “a man from snowy river” you can use your phone to zoom in and read it

@whatathrushtv6590

2 жыл бұрын

I was bout to say the same thing an I think there is more tiny as writing on all the notes

@TheEarthHistorysConfusing

2 жыл бұрын

Correct.

@jackeagles1637

2 жыл бұрын

Australia now produces bank for notes in polymer for nearly 90 countries in the world - leading technology that has changed world currency.

@liamhowells8676

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah pretty sure the 50 has “fifty dollars” over and over on it. And idk what the others say

@gamortie

2 жыл бұрын

In the very first run of the polymer $10 note, there was a production glitch that meant that the embedded hologram was fragile, and would shatter, making one with an intact hologram extremely rare

Some of the other countries that have adopted this technology. Actually have their notes printed in Australia. At the note printing works just north of Melbourne.

@katherinemorelle7115

2 жыл бұрын

And if they do make their own, they pay Australia a certain amount for the technology. We make money off other’s money. It’s a good system for us.

@williamschubert4819

2 жыл бұрын

@@katherinemorelle7115 yeah we still hold the patent

@mCblue79

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, just up Sydney road from my place 👍😁

@claudia-uy5gk

2 жыл бұрын

Yess

@cycoholic

2 жыл бұрын

We also make other countries money even if they don't use our technology. For example, we have made money for the U.S.

Having used a debit card for quite a while, I had lost focus on how unique and beautiful our Aussie bank notes really are. Yes, we are proud of our national currency with its security and in built intricacies of design.

I work the register at a cafe. Every shift I have moments where I marvel at our money. $20 note is my favourite, kookaburras win it for me.

@SuperRoo_22

2 жыл бұрын

I like the $50 the best. Has a WA theme to it. With the colour, Black Swan & Edith Cowan. 👍😎

@philliphodson2602

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperRoo_22 Oh yeah that's fair. Edith Cowan is FLOAT, like GOAT but for ladies that are first at things. Also swans are majestic af.

@sebpickers4799

2 жыл бұрын

so ur telling me. After who knows how long of seeing probably hundreds of bank notes every shift. U still get amazed when u see a 20 dollar bill.

@TessDurbeyfield

2 жыл бұрын

Showing my age here but I remember working a register years ago as the new notes were introduced. One by one they would be replaced in the cash register. Very cool.

@Donizen1

2 жыл бұрын

A few times when I have been to US, I have shown locals there our notes, and they always seem to like the $20 the most. I usually come back with none as I often let them keep the notes.

General John Monash. The first general to ever use tanks, aircraft and soldiers together in a battle plan ensuring success for the Australians who basically held the allied line in 1918 during WW1. The US units that were sent to fight were embedded with the Australians to learn how to fight with these new tactics.

@IWrocker

2 жыл бұрын

Great info!

@mikeyhau

2 жыл бұрын

@@IWrocker He also had a university named after him.

@jecos1966

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeyhau Also a Freeway and a Council

@allangibson2408

2 жыл бұрын

He was also a skilled engineer with a number of city bridges to his credit and the establishment of the electrical standards that define the Australian grid to this day (including the design of the Australian standard mains electrical plug - the first one standardised anywhere).

@minishaw280

2 жыл бұрын

This strategy was the basis of the invention of the German blitzkrieg!

Each Australian currency denomination actually gets larger in area and volume based on a logarithmic scale Standup maths has a video about it

@krystle2312

2 жыл бұрын

Notes anyway

@peterlovell4272

2 жыл бұрын

The $2 coin is much smaller then the $1 coin. and then to compare those coins to the 20c and the 50c. they are smaller then those also

@daniellenation4961

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterlovell4272 but they are bigger by volume. Well heavier anyway…

@SpennyBoi

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterlovell4272 this is a video about notes

@peterlovell4272

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpennyBoi I don't care what the clip was about, I was pointing out the comment made above was incorrect.

One thing about the notes' colour. It makes it so easy to identify them apart, making transactions in stores and other places so easy

As an Aussie, l actually learnt more about our money then l knew. I had just taken it for granted. So proud of our Aussie money and those who created it.

Someone send this man a 20 50 and 100 and more coloured coins haha love the reactions and your love with the Australian culture. Have a good one ❤

@janp1088

2 жыл бұрын

Are you mad!!! I hoard my coloured coins like a leprechaun! Nah, youre right, we should do :) But then I want one of every 20 cent coin with all the states on them...I think I collected 30 states on my last trip. Then the change them for special occasions as well!

@Kustom2170

2 жыл бұрын

Well if you can afford to send a 50 or 100 😎

@ThatguyPurps

2 жыл бұрын

If you transfer the amount to my account... I will withdraw them as Aussie currency and send them to Ian.

@digimontexcelguy1114

2 жыл бұрын

You thought of it first! Don't want to take credit for your idea.

@elijahmamea8939

2 жыл бұрын

@Jan P yeah I'm collecting as well hahaha

The notes are great, can keep in the pocket of your boardies when you go swimming at the beach, knowing they won't disolve! Ready to get a snack or fish n chips afterwards👍

@28russ

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, until they spring outa ya friggin pocket and float away 😂🤣

@AIMAGINEWORLD777

2 жыл бұрын

Omg yesssss thats 👌 nice.

@cygil1

2 жыл бұрын

Salt water makes the notes brittle, as does warm water. Possible but not recommended.

@joshuamartin9355

2 жыл бұрын

@@cygil1 true, but that takes a while.

@joshuamartin9355

2 жыл бұрын

@@28russ dude, how true, 😄

The new notes also are 'Vision Impared Friendly' ! Each note has raised dots so that a blind person can tell the difference between the 5 denominations!

@katherinemorelle7115

2 жыл бұрын

Though they always were vision impaired and blind friendly. If you can still see colour, then that’s super easy, but each note since the first series changes in size based on how much they’re worth- the difference in surface area between the five and the ten is the difference in width, and same between the ten and the twenty, and so on. I can’t imagine what a hard time the blind in America have, with notes all the same size, shape and colour. And apparently Americans also don’t do PayPass for their eftpos? Because that’s also super easy, just tap your card and go.

@Gomisan

2 жыл бұрын

@@katherinemorelle7115 The dots mean you dont have to take them out and have other notes to compare them with, so really a massive change for vision impaired people.

@jonofoote8353

2 жыл бұрын

And are different lengths!

@steveskrobot9496

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gomisan Thats right. The blind person only needs to memorize how many dots per note. Example, $5= 1dot, $10=2dots. People in the comments say they were always blind friendly!! When i say blind, i mean 100% blind. I dont mean colour blind. These notes are the first ever 100% blind friendly currency @Katherine Morelle!

This is the weirdest thing that makes me proud to be Australian

You know what, I'm an Ozzie and I didn't know any of this, it's like our chocolates and foods that I take for granted, I've seen a few food tastings of Australian stuff including yours and it makes me proud that we still have the innovative spirit despite all the nonsense going on in the world that's affecting us.

@IWrocker

2 жыл бұрын

It’s awesome that you get to learn something too! Lots of nonsense in the world lately, but you certainly have a lot to be proud of as an Ozzie. I’m loving learning about Australia

@truthseeker7322

2 жыл бұрын

Too right mate. That's what makes us unique. We are a innovative lot. Right from our first diggers to now. We are built different

@AIMAGINEWORLD777

2 жыл бұрын

Amen! I love that about your country too! So innovative and smart and beautiful hearts

@puggsincyberspace

2 жыл бұрын

@@truthseeker7322 Actually if it wasn't for Australia, the Internet of things really wouldn't exist. Key components of Wifi were invented in Australia and most portable devices depend on that.

@originalsusser

2 жыл бұрын

I don't like to be over critical but I've never met an Aussie who calls themselves Ozzie except Ozzie Ostrich

We Aussies nicknamed our $50 note a pineapple 🍍 because of the colour

@IWrocker

2 жыл бұрын

Clever!!

@bloodyricho1

2 жыл бұрын

But getting a pineapple 🍍 is a whole other thing. It short for getting the rough end of the pineapple aka the prickly and inedible bit. If you do something stupid at work and get told of by the boss. You then say you got a pineapple.

@rosscoe3005

2 жыл бұрын

Yep and the previous $50 was an Avocado. The $20 is a Rock Lobster. $100 is just Hungie

@jecos1966

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosscoe3005 $ 100 is called a Jolly Green Giant or Green Soldier

@davidrobinson2804

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosscoe3005 we called it pineapple or a Fiddo

If I remember right, they went straight to the $50 because counterfeiting shot up once the new notes started coming in, with $50 being the most commonly counterfeited note. Trying to palm off some fakes before they get phased out.

@user-dg3ug7ny5d

2 жыл бұрын

Huh, interesting. I just assumed that it made sense to go straight up to 50, with you only needing x2 $10 notes to make a 20, compared to x5 $10 notes, or a visually and just generally awkward x2 $20 notes and a 10 to make a 50.

These notes are absolutely fantastic to use. Certainly much longer wearing than old paper, and appearance lasts. The latest ones are especially appealing look. Highly unlikely to be forged, and while the previous ones had a few attempts, all caught very quickly. One feature is also good they remain cleaner, and are easily wiped/washed if a dirty one comes your way. US notes, especially seem to have issues, for me at international security checks. As it seems, not too exagerated, most carry drug residues on them, that can put you through additional security scrutiny at border/customs checks. I had two deeper checks in Spain, and in Germany and Japan, on several business trips, by residues on back pocket, where my wallet had a few US currency notes. Each time a deeper check quickly clarified the currency at fault, I do NOT do drugs or associate with that scene, all else was clean. Though admittedly baggage can also cause headaches of that kind, by traces picked up in hotel rooms, hotel porter handling, taxi or airline baggage handling. The plastic/polymer notes have no more issue if accidentally getting wet, swimming or falling in while fishing, or caught in heavy rain or notes left in a pocket going through laundry. No lost money by becoming paper mashette due to water. They are definitely not mixed up in poor lighting, mere size, colour and lastly the sensory pips even in pitch darkness. The rapid adoption worldwide by other countries speaks for itself. Low cost and long endurance compared to the costly special paper, metal threads, cotton blend whatever is used in other secured currencies is far more costly, with exception of places using almost standard writting paper to print their cheap notes, but have no security features and endurance in months not years.

The mixed colours are also a security feature as they make it harder for counterfeiters to copy.

So glad you picked this video! It is my favourite for pointing out the features but not being too slow about it! The notes really are beautiful- something we probably take for granted, but I do love being able to fish in my pocket and instantly know what coins I'm holding - so handy!

"Do you like the new notes?", lol I like them so much I wish I had many more!

Also the patterns match when you bring the ends together from the sides and top and bottom to make continuous patterns! 👍🏼

The older Aussie notes had a feature with the 7 pointed star where half was on each side and when held into the light allowed the full 7 point star to be seen. Was a cool feature.

I’m really glad the new design incorporates Braille, Canadian banknotes had Braille and the full windows before our redesign but the difference between Australian and Canadian bills are that the Australian bills become physically larger as the denomination goes up just like they did before the redesign. This is actually really helpful to stop you from grabbing the wrong denomination of bank note out of your pocket.

@Rottnwoman

2 жыл бұрын

We had polymer LONG before Canada - we got there in 2004 and nobody would accept our Canadian $100 notes because somebody was running them through a photocopier. They were still on paper, 16 years after we went to polymer. Special thanks to WhichBank for nearly ruining our holiday.

@andrewkoala6626

2 жыл бұрын

Marion Jones Brail is a small net used to draw fish into a boat Braille -= French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852) Had you been a student of mine you would have learned that. I would recommend you undertake an extensive reading program to better educate yourself. Have an education budget and invest in yourself so you can teach your sons and daughters Also the denomination does not go UP - It is not a balloon The denomination increases in value --- When you read more you will become better at expressing your thoughts - as you increase your vocabulary - Good luck

@mazzy305

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewkoala6626 I shall start this response with a thank you for correcting my spelling of Braille, I admit I made a mistake. However it is not as though I use either word brail, or Braille much in my written correspondence. I shall edit my comment since I correct my mistakes when they are pointed out to me. I believe your comment could have been written in a kinder and less condescending way, you do not know me, you do not know what my life is like, you do not know my age, my reading habits, my socioeconomic status or whether English is my first language. Instead you have jumped to conclusions and assumed. For some accurate information, I have Aspergers Syndrome which has made it extremely difficult to learn how to spell and made reading an agonising chore (more so in my younger years). I took great pains to get to the level of reading and writing that I am today and I am extremely proud of my achievements, I may not have excelled at academics but I had a consistent B and B+ average in most subjects by the time I graduated school, whilst achieving A and A+ averages for subjects in the arts. I have also graduated from university with a Bachelor of Music, a Diploma in Fine Arts and Design and graduated from the Vancouver Film School (a leading industry school) with a Diploma in Classical Animation with Honours. All with my current level of spelling and reading. When it comes to official correspondence I compose said correspondence more carefully, including several proof reads before sending, I do not generally take the same time and consideration for KZread comments. Your comment makes me feel sorry for your students who might be struggling due to factors outside of their control. Now I am assuming that you would prefer to shame those students and tell them to ‘just work harder’ than to actually sit down and help them. Shame is never encouragement, your students are more likely to develop depression and anxiety rather than improved spelling and reading habits.

@rais1953

2 жыл бұрын

@@mazzy305 Marion, I'm a former language teacher and I gave "Andrew Koala" a thumbs down before seeing your response. You don't need me to say this but congratulations on your achievements which far outshine mine. Assuming Mr Koala to be Australian I apologise for my fellow country person's attitude. Perhaps he will learn from your response.

@mazzy305

2 жыл бұрын

@@rais1953 thank you for your support. I was a little worried that my reply was going a bit too far but I felt like I needed to respond to Mr Koala for my own peace of mind and to maybe open his eyes to others struggles. I’m actually Australian myself, I only realised after reading your comment that my own comments didn’t mention that. I’m Tassie born and raised, I’ve only been outside Australia twice, both times were to Vancouver. The first time was for two weeks to visit the school I mentioned in my previous comment and the second time was to live and study there for a year to earn my Diploma. I, like yourself, was rather disappointed that a fellow Australian would have such a condescending attitude towards me (or towards anyone really), especially a teacher, but I’m very glad to have your support. Thank you again. I owe a lot to my teachers (from school here in Tassie) who realised I needed extra attention when it came to reading and spelling, I don’t know where I’d be if they hadn’t put in that extra effort. Plus having a caring mum who also went out of her way to teach and help me has been a real blessing. I owe them so much for taking that extra time and effort for me. Which is why I felt so sorry for Mr Koala’s students since his comment suggested that he wouldn’t do that for them. Hopefully he has either taken my comment on board or he isn’t the kind of teacher his comment portrays him to be, after all a comment on a screen can be misleading sometimes.

The original polymer $5 also had the words “FIVE DOLLARS” printer on it a total of 55 times, mostly in micro print. Hardly anyone here in Australia noticed that one!

It's almost sad that as an Australian I rarely have cash. We mostly pay pass/ tap and go, so we don't really get to enjoy the design.

@puggsincyberspace

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i think i have only touched cash once or twice since the pandemic started...

@Andrew.quigley

2 жыл бұрын

True, our work place has now banned all cash on premises. I never have cash in my wallet, it's all EFT.

@jamesmaralyn6745

2 жыл бұрын

Will never stop my old habits. I withdraw $100 every week and at at least once a month our EFTPOS goes down where I live so always handy.

Funny enough i grabbed a $1000 out of the bank the other day and 4 of the 10 were the new $100 notes and were amazing looking with the red poppy's on one side.

I remember when the first $5 plastic note was released there was a problem with the ink and you could erase the queen's head with a coin. There were a lot of faceless queens getting around at that time.

@andyossie

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ok I didn’t know that

@frozen4blade313

2 жыл бұрын

And if you fold the old 5 just right you got a whale giving a head job

@TutuFerret

2 жыл бұрын

@@frozen4blade313 I could vaguely remember the queen blowing parliament house but can't remember how to fold it to get that.

@frozen4blade313

2 жыл бұрын

@@TutuFerret around the base of her neck near the pearls

@emceeboogieboots1608

2 жыл бұрын

I recall the $2 note? You could fold it and tell someone to bite the corner, and they would bite off the rams nuts😂

I've always been partial to the 100, Ian. It buys more Tim Tams and Vegimite.

Yeah, I'm pretty proud of how cool our cash looks. It's also very tactile. It can be folded with a crease and then, with a little work, flattened to where you can't see where it had been folded.

It's a shame we're moving towards a cashless society with such beautiful banknotes.

@IWrocker

2 жыл бұрын

I hope it’s not cashless too soon… these Aussie banknotes are works of art. I love them

@hangman5145

2 жыл бұрын

@@IWrocker so glad you can look at one for real

@BillSaltbush

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I can put $50 in my wallet and six months later, it is still there. Always, I use the 'plastic fantastic' (Visa credit card)

@olly7630

2 жыл бұрын

One of a few things people need to fight to keep is physical money.

@dominichanna8904

2 жыл бұрын

We won't go cashless anytime soon, it's just too much to work out.

The $20 note was skipped due to the $50 being by far the most counterfeit note.

@iris657

2 жыл бұрын

indeed, but it was only delayed by 1 year, all are out now.

@meganbarth4817

2 жыл бұрын

@@iris657 I’ve yet to see the hundred in person, but it’s hard because we’re an increasingly cashless society

@iris657

2 жыл бұрын

@@meganbarth4817 have a good night on the pokies and youll have a heap of them in no time.

@minishaw280

2 жыл бұрын

I see them at work all the time

I remember seeing a sci-fi series in the 90s that featured our notes as sci-fi cash. I think it might have been Space: Above and Beyond - but whatever it was, as an Aussie, it amused me greatly.

@nemoralis4713

2 жыл бұрын

If you remember, in Space: Above and Beyond, Brisbane was the capitol of the world government which is probably why it featured the notes.

@mikewicked

2 жыл бұрын

@@nemoralis4713 I actually don't remember that, but that certainly explains it. Cool. :) I should see if it's available to give it a re-watch.

Micro print on Aussie notes has been around since the change-over from pounds to dollars back in the late sixties. Also there are brail dots on each note for the blind.

I studied under one of the drs that designed our money. It's amazing that it's a extruded over ice cold rollers to give it less time to form crystalline structures, which gives it flexible nature. Cool stuff

@originalsusser

2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@rdicko86

2 жыл бұрын

@@originalsusser also helped design plastic milkcrates

@allangibson2408

2 жыл бұрын

The “Old Money” recycled cash clothing line is fun too.

@originalsusser

2 жыл бұрын

@@rdicko86 I hear a lot of stuff about what a lot of people do but yours is well interesting, keep up the good work & never be shy to share

I remember when the polymer notes first came I myself and many others hated them, but now I think they are great. Hearing you talk about how great our notes are reminds me that they are great because I have become complacent about them thanks for that mate.

@pameladyke1462

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, at first they were disliked because you couldn't fold them and if you did they would 'spring' out of your purse, now they seem to fold easily, and BEHAVE!

@ascaloth1971

2 жыл бұрын

@@pameladyke1462 I also remember someone had a really bad crinkled on and tried to iron it flat and the note shrunk.

@pameladyke1462

2 жыл бұрын

@@ascaloth1971 lol use it as a key ring.

The transparent window provides really good grip when counting cash, something I didn’t expect when I first used them

Our Aussie money is pretty great won't lie, different colours, different sizes, heaps of security features, our coins are great with special edition printed currency always popping up as well It's pretty cool compared to so many others

We also have collectable $1 coins sets you can get from Aus Post that feature Aus icons for every letter. They are called the great Aus coin hunt. They recently released the 2nd series. You can buy sets or receive the coins in your change.

@dotcassilles1488

2 жыл бұрын

Also collectable coins thru our major supermarkets for the Olympics and paralympics my mum got coins in her change from woollies(woolworths). They have new ones every few months I think.

The 100 at the end in the hand is the right 100 😁👍 swimming with it in my pocket a zip pocket so you don't lose it or someone takes ya bag when you in the water is my favourite part about the money

Aussie birds are awesome, and I'm glad they're on the currency. Every morning I wake up to Kookaburras, Magpies, Currawongs, Cockatoos, or Galahs and they're all awesome!

They are also supposed to be more hygienic (if I understand things correctly, paper money absorbs sweat, bacteria etc as it gets passed hand-to hand...).

Yeah I love the new notes. Always been proud of how technologically sound they are, while being so aesthetically pleasing. Love our Aussie money. 👍👍

@andrewkoala6626

2 жыл бұрын

It is currency - not money There is a difference between the two that you do not understand yet. However it is 'passed off' as money. Just know that money has to have intrinsic value. Currency is a money substitute-

Mostly in Australia now we use the "Tap n Go" card cashless exchange now , but still keep the cash for my weed

@robman2095

2 жыл бұрын

The only thing I use cash for is the barber. Everyone pays him in cash

If you haven't discovered this yet, the laser image of the bird in the clear section of each bank note isn't just a pretty picture, it's a five frame animation. Position yourself so the bird lights up and hold the note in both hands (thumb and index fingers) just either side of the bird. Keep the note tight and flat between your hands. Then move your left hand away from yourself a little while bringing your right hand closer, then reverse the action; repeat indefinitely. Once you've got the hang of it you'll have a looping animation of the bird flapping (and the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo's crest rising). Unfortunately they muffed up with the $50 note by having the black swan at rest on the water to suddenly taking off, and it doesn't loop like the others :/ Enjoy

As a checkout operator at a Coles Supermarket it blows me away with all the different Australian notes and coins in our register draws

When the latest Australian notes first came out, some vending and pay machines would reject the notes or jam. The problem was the clear strip in the notes. Machines that used optical sensors to detect the start and end of the note, would mistake the clear strip as the end of the note and so stop feeding or reject the note. The machine manufacturers had to upgrade the note readers.

@traceysullivan9575

2 жыл бұрын

Poker machines have this same issue

There are many more secrets about the notes. Such as edges lining up perfectly, the sizes mathematically representing denominations.

@jublywubly

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by the edges lining up perfectly? If you're talking about the printing on the notes with the cut edges of the notes, they're not all that accurately cut. I have to regularly count money and the notes very often have print to cut-edge variances of a few millimetres.

From Australia, love the currency. Suits the sun and surf lifestyle as you can put a note in a pocket and go for a swim then get something to eat. Also handy if it ends up in the wash

True fact: in the TV sci-fi series 'Space: Above and Beyond', they used Aussie plastic bank notes as futuristic money.

I am sad that the new $10 no longer has the full text of "The Man From Snowy River" in microprint. Having just an extract isn't quite the same.

It’s just seems so normal to me - when I actually use cash that is! Most of the time I use Apple Pay these days. The time I’ve spent with US currency has really confused me. It’s so hard to tell the notes apart without looking at each one carefully. It’s so easy to distinguish the different notes for us over here. Glad you like them!

My favourite is the previous vesrion of the $10 note. One thing about it that even many fellow Aussies aren't aware of is that if you look at with a magnifying glass, it doesn't just have a line of tiny text, but the entire background pattern is the WHOLE "Man from Snowy River" peom, and it's quite long.

I still have one of those original $10 polymer notes in mint condition. I remember they had issues with the hologram smudging on earlier print runs. We have some great nicknames for our some of our notes too. $20 is a lobster $50 is a pineapple and the $100 used to be called a grey nurse as the old coloured bank note was grey with Sir Douglas Mawson a famous Antarctic explorer on it. I’m certainly proud of the innovations we have brought about in currency design, polymer use and micro printing. 👍🏼 Thank you so much Ian for your interest in our country. ❤️🇦🇺

When I traveled the USA the best suvineer I could give was coins. People really freaked out.

@simonettacarsonelli

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you spelled 'souvenir' wrong on purpose. Or porpoise.

Our money is so beautiful, I still have a $1 note from when I was a child.

@Rottnwoman

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. My father's uncle's signature was on them when I was a child (H G Coombs).

The one thing I have noticed about the newer notes with the clear strip, is that you can really see the wear and tear some of these notes are subject to. Not as visible in the coloured portions, or its a slightly different polymer, but that clear strip shows creases and scratches very easily. Not sure if thats going to change in the future, but its the only bad thing I can say. Its great being able to look into your wallet and pull out a note based on its colour, and those colours have remained throughout the years even where pattern has changed. Also easy to quickly glance in and see how much is in there. The last time I was in the US I was trying to fold notes a certain way so I could quickly see if I had big notes rather than all ones :) but not as successful. One and two dollar coins are such a blessing, especially in vending machines :)

@WraithReaper09

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've had a ten dollar note that wouldn't be accepted by the Auto-Safe at work because most of the holographic iconography in the clear strip had been worn off.

Some trivia for you, we often call a $50 note a “Pineapple” in slang. “I’ll bet you a coupla pineapples ol mate busts a plugger chasing that snapping handbag” for example…

True fact. Many stores in Australia don’t accept cash “ covid “ I haven’t had cash in my wallet since 2019 “ ironic “

@janp1088

2 жыл бұрын

Ive not seen a single store that doesnt accept cash yet but Im in SA where we havent been hit as hard. I asume you are Eastern states?

@johnd8892

2 жыл бұрын

@@janp1088 even before Covid there were a few Melbourne shops saying card only. Butcher in Kew comes to mind. Even in the sixties the butcher shop cashier was often banned from handling meat because of the dirt from lots of money. Rapid trend recently. My bank was keen to set me up last year. They take a cut of each card transaction from the retailer.

@Kustom2170

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnd8892 yea that’s true. The business pays a fee for the card machine then on top a fee for transactions

@olly7630

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of stores tried to bring this in only to be told they could have signs to ask to pay with card over cash as It is against the law to refuse cash money but a store can refuse coin up to a certain amount ( can't remember how much it is) but someone can not walk in to a shop and pay $50 for something with 5c coin.

The best thing is if you leave them inside your pockets and it goes through the wash, you get laundered money nice and clean and like new.

Very interesting video - I did not even know most of the interesting stuff about our notes. I went to Google to look up more background info and the how they got to the final product is actually quite interesting. Many thanks for that 😁

Our notes were already different sizes, & coins different sizes/shapes for them to be identified with limited/no sight, but I love the addition of the dots for each note making it way more practical when out! Really proud that we have these features for more inclusivity. Hopefully they’re holding up over time, I know typical brail on products need to maintain a certain amount of structure to be easily identified.

Me: "Aww I'm sad we changed it to not include an Aboriginal scene" Video: "This was to celebrate 200 years of European settlement and had James Cook on the other side" Me: "Ah, Hm, Ok, Yeah I can see why they changed that."

It doesn't matter if they get wet and you can't rip them easily either. If you set them on fire they tend to melt...The only issue is that they are quite slippery and stacking and rolling them is trickier.

@AppleTom9091

2 жыл бұрын

And they can 'spring' out your hand, pocket, wallet, purse a lot easier than the paper notes.

As an Aussie myself, still fascinating to me... Given that the colours are also different from each banknote, that also makes it interesting (as opposed to US banknotes).

I quite like being able to open my purse and see at a glance what notes I have in there - they are so distinct from each other that if you see yellow, orange and pink, you know in flash that you have $75 cash without having to flick through to count it. Even before we went to polymer notes, we had paper ones of the same colours, so transitioning to these wasn't a big deal for the population. The only real negative is they don't fold too well and can easily flick out of a pocket, otherwise I love our currency. It surprised me greatly when I was younger seeing other countries currencies and realising they were so different to ours, it's something we typically take for granted until we see the comparison.

The amount of times my notes have gone through the wash by accident, I'm glad I'm aussie Also, they released the 20 note 1st a good year or two before the rest

Bit of trivia for you: even our "paper" money was actually difficult to counterfeit. Each note had thin strips of metal inside the paper, which was very hard to place in counterfeit money. Those that were counterfeit and had the metal strips were very easy to distinguish from real notes. They looked shoddy, and counterfeit. Another bit of trivia with our new notes: when you scrunch up real notes, they will return pretty much to their original state, albeit a bit creased, counterfeit notes will not. Counterfeit notes will stay scrunched up.

@zybch

2 жыл бұрын

The old ones also had UV reactive threads scattered throughout the surface. UV light would show pink, orange and yellow specs. The UV birds are way cooler though on the new ones. I think most cotton/paper notes around the world have the metal strip. It causes the large sheets of uncut notes to stack unevenly before the notes are separated as they're slightly thinker whee the strip is.

I once watched a "Who Do You Think You Are?" and found out something about the Aboriginal Man on our $50. Despite Colonial rule trying to destroy His Culture He kept speaking the language and speaking about the culture. I'm pretty sure there's an early recording of His speaking His Language.

One cool thing I learnt about Australian money from my parents (both worked in a bank when they were younger) is the "scrunch test". The polymer they are made from is really elastic. So if you scrunch up a bill and it stays scrunched with very little attempt to return to its original form. It's basically guarenteed to be a fake. Very neat trick for the visually impaired to check them. They other great thing I really like is the fact that all notes are different sizes, I can usually tell what note I'm holding 100% by feel (can't quite differ between 50 and 100 coz I don't use/see them often.

Dude you're a legend. It's so interesting to hear someone talk about Oz from US. You pick up on all the little points and even though we can be crazy you always are lighthearted and fair. Kudos pal

As an Australian I'm proud to be leading the world in currency development. The reason they skipped the 20 to do the 50 first is because people had discovered ways to counterfeit the 50 and they want to get the old 50s out of circulation ASAP. We now have the full set of new notes in circulation, of course cash is much less used right now.

Man I love my country. Watching these vids is helping to remind me why I love this massive island

The new notes rock. The moving holograms, the hidden micro text (its all over them).. I think there are plans for the $20 to be re-done. Here is a fine piece of trivia, the US and Australia have fought side by side in every War since 1914.. And the first time US and Australian troops were under the same command, was when US troops served under Aussie Command, under, no other than, Sir John Monash.. (Also the name of the University in Melbourne I worked at)

Hey mate, I'm getting off the track a bit here, but as you got into Brock's Torana (binge watched last night) is the a chance you could review the XU1 please I think you might be a bit surprised :-)

i’m aussie and the $5 is definitely my favourite. i’ve never seen the new $100, so i didn’t know it was out. also i’m pretty sure that the mint also prints notes for other currency too since it has the technology

Glad you liked this one mate 👍🏻 I find it fascinating myself. I was 11 year old when the first one came out. I believe the $2 coin was about the same time.

Another thing about our currency is the nicknames we have for the banknotes. While not used all the time I have heard of the 5 refered to as a Prawn, the ten a Blue Swimmer (type of crab) and the 20 as a Lobster. Much more frequently I heard the 50 called a Pineapple. Back in the early 80s there was a simple gambling game played in the military called Sheep Racing. You and a mate each selected an old $2 note and held them up to the light. Inside each was a narrow metallic line running vertically through the paper note (for anti-counterfeiting). Each note's band was a slightly different distance from the edge. Whoever had the sheep that was furthest across the line was the winner and would collect both banknotes. Don't judge. We didn't have the internet. It was a simpler time... :)

I must admit I haven't seen the new $100 note in Oz yet....but then again, I don't get to have a $100 note in my hand that much! :)

@robman2095

2 жыл бұрын

They get hoarded by the drug dealers and tax avoiders. I have never seen one but I don't use cash much anyway. I think you can get them at the bank but they don't circulate as well as other denominations because of the hoarding.

@simonettacarsonelli

2 жыл бұрын

@@robman2095 you can't catch a bus with a hundy note, they refuse them mostly. Haha

@IanTester

2 жыл бұрын

ATMs only go up to $50 notes. To get a $100 note you have to go to a bank or maybe a shop.

@robman2095

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonettacarsonelli lol. Yes you would be really popular fronting up with $100 note. I think that in Sydney at least they refuse all cash anyway and you have to use an Opal card, but I could be wrong as I haven’t caught a bus for years.

NINE-HUNDED DOLLARYDOOS?

Australian here, due to covid, many people have embraced "Tap and go" even if reluctant previously (Usually older people). Our notes, as stated, are almost impossible to counterfeit, but there are more features than even shown here. The notes have a tactile surface, and have prominent raised "bumps" that can be felt by the visually impaired. 1 bump for a $5 note, 2 on the $10, 3 for the $20, 4 on the $50 and 5 on the $100. BTW, we stopped using 1c and 2c pieces decades ago, as well our $1 and $2 are now coins, starting in 1984.

Fun little fact about the old $10 bill. The darkened square behind Banjo Paterson is actually a micro print of his poem The Man From Snowy River.

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@zacharycorey4843

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@zacharycorey4843

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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That's someone else you should look up Ian, Sir John Monash he played a very important part in WW1 a part highly underrated by the Brits

@TCM215

2 жыл бұрын

Australia took 20 plus percent of the enemy while making up 10 percent of allied forces

@RandomStuff-he7lu

2 жыл бұрын

@@TCM215 20% of the territory taken by British forces in 1918 while making up 10% of the British forces.

The year was 1988 that the first Polymer notes were introduced to firstly the Australian public, and then onto the world. With this introduction, the Aussie government decided to also introduce the $1 coin, and few years later the $2 coin thus phasing out the $1 and $2 notes. Also around this time the government decided to discontinue producing the 1 and 2 cent coins, which they said was too expensive to produce. They decided to introduce the round up round down system when paying for groceries, Bill's and things like that. The round up round down system works like this, when everything is totaled up, if the final total ends in a 1 or 2 then it would be rounded down to zero. Ie 11 or 12 would be rounded down to 10. Anything ending in 3 or 4 would be rounded up 5, ie 13 or 14 would be rounded up to 15. Then 6-'s and 7's would be rounded down and 8's and 9's rounded up to 0's.

I won a lot of money racing my $1 note back in the early 80s. If you hold an old $1 note up to a light you will notice a metalic strip. With the Kangaroos facing you, the Kangaroo further past the "finish line" won. As the strip wasn't always in the same place it varied as to where it was placed on the Kangaroo. I still have that note. Skippy won me hundreds of dollars when I was a lad. Ah, teenage memories. Cheers from North Queensland ✌

When the polymer notes were first released most people didn't like them. It was the same when they discontinued the $1 and $2 notes and replaced them with coins. I would toss a pocket full of change into a tin and at the end of the year take the coin to the bank and exchange them for notes. The year the $1 coin came in I did the same thing as before, tossed a pocket full of change into a tin. I got a hell of a surprise when I counted the change and found I had almost $800 in the tin. The number of times I had run my car on fumes just to get to work on pay day. After that I would make sure that I wasn't tossing $1 coins into the tin. The following year was way less stressful when it came to running the car. When the $2 coins came out it was just a matter of checking for both $1 and $2 coins.

G'day, I was in the US in 1993. I showed Australian polymer bank notes to Americans and they were blown away.

Thank you for teaching me about my own currency. I think my favourite at the moment is the $50 note. I also like the feel of the notes.

I still to this day get very excited when I get my money out of the ATM the notes are very pretty among other great features, I love our 10 dollar note best.

My mum works in banking and liked to collect coins and notes from around the world. I remember when mum and dad still used the paper notes, I have some in my collection. I have one of the limited edition $10 from the 1988 bicentennial release.

My favourite trivia fact is in regards to the fifty. When they released the new design, someone cocked up and there is actually a spelling mistake in the microprinting. They write "responsibilty" in Edith Cowan's speech. 😆 They printed something like 46 million notes before someone picked up the error.

The original 100 dollar note was grey colour ink and featured an Australian explorer who went to the south pole . It's nickname was " grey nurse " . The fifty -pineapple, the 20 - lobster in reference to the colour .

The new Australian notes also do not stick together as easily as the prior, especially when wet. Extremely useful when you work in a field that requires the counting of large amounts of cash quickly.

Australian notes are also easier to clean, waterproof and slimmer than American cotton notes. Pulling out a damp American note with dirt all over it was something i've never experienced with Aussie notes

I'm Australian and I really like the new notes. Even the original polymer notes were still beautiful to look at 27 years later. I first got the new notes in 1993 when I was 10, we were on vacation at a beachside caravan park and I went swimming, forgetting the money was in my pocket. Got out of the ocean and was like oh crap, the money. No probs, they're waterproof, didn't lose my spending money. I haven't seen the new $100 note yet but don't often get 100s unless it's a gift.

Love the new notes and love the old notes which were way ahead of their time!

Growing up here in the 90's I always took them for granted, its so cool to take the time to actually see how much detail and how many layers of technology they actually have. I did't know they were recyclable either which is great for the lifecycle. Moving into a cash-less society, this may be the last iteration of the notes?