Some 46 million of Australia’s new $50 notes have been printed with a typo, the Reserve Bank has confirmed. The RBA has printed “micro-text” on the note with excerpts of Unaipon’s book, Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines, and Cowan’s first speech to parliament. Compared with paper notes, polymer has increased durability and security and makes it easier to include features to help those who are vision-impaired. The new $50 introduced a tactile feature of four raised bumps on the banknote to help people identify it. According to the RBA, the $50 note is the most widely circulated banknote.

Source: The Irish Times May 09, 2019 07:03 UTC