{"title":"Badge in Searchspring","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"5-last-note-first-coin-pack-uncirculated","title":"Australia $5 Last Note \u0026 First Coin Uncirculated Pack","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAffordable, historic and beautifully presented within a superbly designed ALL-NEW pack, this impressive set represents the ‘currency crossroads’ for the Australian $5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBy the 1980s, an extensive review of the nation’s currency was underway. Due to issues of durability and cost-effectiveness, the $1 and $2 banknotes were replaced with coinage in 1984 and 1988 respectively. Ultimately, the paper $5 note was replaced with a polymer version, but in the 1980s, there was much speculation that the $5 note would follow the path of its lower denomination counterparts and be replaced with a coin. This theory was given weight when, in 1988, the Royal Australian Mint struck the nation’s first $5 coin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Australia $5 Last Note \u0026amp; First Coin Uncirculated Pack forms a lasting record of this tumultuous time in our currency history. The end of an era, the pack is highlighted by the last $5 paper note – issued from 1991 and bearing the facsimile signatures of Bernie Fraser, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and Secretary to the Treasury, Tony Cole. Symbolising ‘what might have been’, Australia’s first $5 forms the perfect complement. Spanning 38.74mm, this groundbreaking coin was issued in 1988 to celebrate the launch of the then new Commonwealth Parliament. 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The last Australian $2 note carried the facsimile signatures of Bob Johnston, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and John Stone, Secretary to the Treasury. The demise of the $1 note was attributable to the impact of inflation, and the greater durability and cost-effectiveness of its ultimate replacement – the aluminium-bronze $1 coin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlthough the removal of the much-loved $1 note created some controversy, the new $1 coin quickly endeared itself to the Australian public. 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