5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Hong Kong handover

Features

Issuer	Australia
Issuing bank	Reserve Bank
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative banknotes
Year	1997
Value	5 Dollars 5 AUD = USD 3.57
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Polymer
Size	130 × 65 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 557385

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Commemorative issue

Handover of Hong Kong to China

Obverse

Pink, purple and grey print.
Elizabeth II in centre. Wattle at left

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
Australia
Five Dollars
This Australian Note is Legal tender throughout Australia and its Territories

Engraver: Bruce Stewart

Reverse

Pink, purple and grey print.
Old and new Parliament houses

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering: Australia

Engraver: Bruce Stewart

Signatures

Edward A. Evans (EAE)	Secretary to the Treasury
Ian John Macfarlane (IJM)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

Printer

Note Printing Australia, Melbourne, Australia (1998-date)

Comments

This note is similar to the circulating P#51. Though this note has the commemorative serial number starting with prefix “HK 97” in red. HK 97 for Hong Kong and the year of the handover to China.

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Date	Signatures		No. printed		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1997	EAE, IJM		8 000							$ 46		BNP206

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