Decimal Paper Banknotes – First & Last Prefixes
An easy and comprehensive chart to finding the first and last prefixes in your banknote collection.
Further information about serial numbers can be found at Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
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| Year | $1 | $2 | $5 | $10 | $20 | $50 | $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | AAA – AGE ZAA – ZAF (*) | FAA – FKD ZFA – ZFH (*) | SAA – SDR ZSA – ZSD (*) | XAA – XBP | |||
| 1967 | FKD – FPS ZFH – ZFK (*) | NAA – NCS ZNA – ZNC (*) | SDR – SFR ZSD – ZSE (*) | XBQ – XBS | |||
| 1968 | AGE – AHY ZAF – ZAH (*) | FPT – GRF ZFK – ZFS (*) | SFR – STG ZSF – ZSJ (*) | XBS – XEU ZXA (*) | |||
| 1969 | AHY – BBE ZAH – ZAQ (*) | NCS – NGS ZNC – ZND (*) | |||||
| 1970 | |||||||
| 1971 | |||||||
| 1972 | BBF – BLG | GRG – HBQ | NGT – NKG | STH – TBB | XEV – XGY | ||
| 1973 | YAA – YAU | ||||||
| 1974 | BLG – BYB | HBQ – HLP | NKG – NQT | TBC – TEL | XGY – XLH | ||
| 1975 | YAV – YBX (centre) YAV – YCZ (side) | ||||||
| 1976 | BYC-CKE (centre) CGB – CPJ (side) | HLQ – HQV (gothic centre) HPU – HUC (ocrb centre) HRZ – JEY (ocrb side) | NQU – NVC (gothic centre) NSZ – NVC (gothic side) NVD – NYG (ocrb side) | TEN – TJV (centre) THU – TPC (side) | XLJ – XSU (centre) XQR – XUZ (side) | ||
| 1977 | CPK – DGH | ||||||
| 1978 | |||||||
| 1979 | JDX – KAJ | NXF – PDT | TPD – TTL (gothic) TTN – TXT (ocrb) | XVA – VDQ (gothic) VDR – VGX (ocrb) | YDA – YHH | ||
| 1980 | |||||||
| 1981 | |||||||
| 1982 | DGJ – DPS | ||||||
| 1983 | JZH – KRP | PDU – PLG | TXU – UCC | VFV – VQK | YHJ – YNS | ||
| 1984 | ZAA – ZCD | ||||||
| 1985 | KRQ – LQG | PKF – QFA (ocrb) PXB – QBJ (gothic) | UCD – MAC | VQL – EYD (ocrb) EJY – ENB (gothic) | YNT – YXH (gothic) YUE – YXH (ocrb) | ZBC – ZFU | |
| 1986 | |||||||
| 1987 | |||||||
| 1988 | |||||||
| 1989 | UYH – MHJ | EVJ – EYD | YXJ – YYU | ||||
| 1990 | QDF – QJR | EYE – RKB | YYV – WDD | ZEJ – ZJS | |||
| 1991 | QGX – QPG | MFQ – MRR (with plate letter) MNB – MRR | AAA (issued NPA) RZV – ABQ | WBT – WGB (with plate letter) WER – WQH | |||
| 1992 | ZHG – ZLD | ||||||
| 1993 | AAA (issued NPA) RZV – ADK | WNY – FAB |
Disclaimer
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