Geschrieben von Ex-Forumsmitglieder am 14.01.2006 um 09:17:
[Australien] Serienpräfix für Testnoten
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Hallo und Guten Tag,
für die Sammler australischer Banknoten, habe ich hier etwas. Die Down-Under-Drucker haben so genannte Testnoten. Dort wurde mit Material und Farbe experimentiert und die Scheine unter die Leute geschoben. Diese Scheine werden nach gewisser Zeit wieder aus dem Verkehr genommen um zu sehen wie und was sich ändert. Betroffen sind 5 Dollar-Scheine, also kleine und mit am häufigsten benutzte Scheine und der 100 Dollar-Schein, der bekanntlich weniger im Umlauf ist. Diese Banknoten sind speziell gekennzeichnet und man erkennt sie anhand spezieller Prefixe - Siehe Anhang.
Wenn sich jemannd die Zeit nehmen würde und mir den Text übersetzen könnte, danke.
Geschrieben von Ex-Forumsmitglieder am 15.01.2006 um 08:44:
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ich habe gerade wohl noch etwas ausführlicheres gefunden zum thema ?
Test Note - 1997.
It has been recently confirmed by the Reserve Bank that there is a variety of the 1997 $5 to be found in circulating notes within a prefix range of AN to DN. These notes were printed as test notes to determine the acceptability of a modification to one of the materials in the opacifying ink. This ink is the one used to colour the clear substrate - it is not the final printing ink used for the design features. The latter are commercially available printing inks which need no modification for polymer substrate. It is understood that the opacifying ink is tailored to match the characteristics of polymer substrate. With the exception of the $100 1996 Test note (refer “One Hundred Dollars - 1996” module for details), up to this point the second letter of the prefix for all denominations and years has not been greater than “M”. For this variety, an additional sheet of 40 notes was printed with prefixes ranging from AN to AZ, BN to BZ and CN to DN. The letter “O” is used in the prefix structure. These notes do not fit the published prefix range of BA 97 to HB 97 and in practice are an additional printing outside the conventional prefix ranges of AA to AM, BA to BM etc. As, “A” prefixes are not used for the dated Queen issued $5 (the 1995 issue is an exception in which the prefix range included AA to AM) these prefixes are unquestionably out of sequence. Printing of the regular 1997 $5 was interrupted to print these test notes. The serial number range is 999999 to 990229 or only 9,771 notes per prefix or just over 390,000 notes in total. Approximately 300,000 of the notes were released into circulation in late 2001 as the restriction on the issue of the Queen $5 during the currency of the commemorative Federation $5 was eased. Errors in production and notes used for physical evaluation would account for the difference. By any measure, 300,000 notes is a remarkably small issue comparing very favourably with the $1 paper DBP of 1976, the blue Dobell $10, the 1995 $5 narrow orientation band and other varieties. On site testing of the modification to the opacifying ink was positive. I am advised that there is no discernible difference between notes with and without the modification to the inks. The Reserve Bank advises that they would not have released the notes into general circulation if there were a discernible difference. This is understandable as it would not wish to have different notes circulating concurrently in the event that the different notes impair the integrity of the currency.
The Federation $5 of 2001 is understood to be the first production note for Australia to contain this modification. For several years now, notes for other countries produced by NPA incorporate this enhancement.
Test Note - 1996.
It has been recently confirmed by the Reserve Bank that there is a variety of the 1996 $100 to be found in circulating notes within a prefix range of AN to CS. These notes were printed as test notes to determine the acceptability of a modification to one of the materials in the opacifying ink. This ink is the one used to colour the clear substrate - it is not the final printing ink used for the design features. The latter are commercially available printing inks which need no modification for polymer substrate. It is understood that the opacifying ink is tailored to match the characteristics of polymer substrate. Up to this point, the second letter of the prefix for all denominations and years has not been greater than “M”. For this variety, an additional sheet of 32 notes was printed with prefixes ranging from AN to AZ, BN to BZ and CN to CS. The letter “O”continued to be used in the prefix structure. At first glance, these notes appear to fit the published prefix range of AA 96 to JK 96 but in practice they are an additional printing outside the conventional prefix ranges of AA to AM, BA to BM etc. In fact, printing of the regular 1996 $100 was interrupted to print these test notes. Not every number is used; the sequence goes from 999999 to 648001 or 351,999 notes per prefix. Theoretically this represents 11,263,968 notes although it is understood that about 10,000,000 notes were issued. Errors in production and notes used for physical evaluation would account for the difference. On site testing of the modification to the opacifying ink was positive. I am advised that there is no discernible difference between notes with and without the modification to the inks. The Reserve Bank advises that they would not have released the notes into general circulation if there were a discernible difference. This is understandable as it would not wish to have different notes circulating concurrently in the event that the different notes impair the integrity of the currency. When the RBA was satisfied that there was no difference between the regular and the test notes, the test notes were released into circulation - small quantities of the notes in late 1996 and the balance in 1997. (This may also partly explain why 1997 $100’s were not printed for circulation.) The Federation $5 of 2001 is understood to be the first production note for Australia to contain the modification. For several years now, notes for other countries produced by NPA incorporate this enhancement. In 1997, the test was extended to include the $5 polymer note - refer to the Re-coloured Five Dollars -1995. module for details.
.... hm - was da nun wieder alles steht