r616 – Mc701a # 1996 Fraser/Evans One Hundred Dollar Banknotes

1996 Fraser/Evans One Hundred Dollar Banknote

Obverse	Dame Nellie Melba
Reverse	Sir John Monash
Signatories	B. W. Fraser, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia E.A. Evans, Secretary to the Treasury
Size	158mm [width] 65mm [height]
Composition	Polymer
Watermark	The introduction of polymer banknotes saw the end of the customary Watermark. It was replaced with a Variable Optical Security Device in the bottom corner. The clear window [Optical Security Device] contains a Lyrebird and ‘100’.
Serial Numbers	Two letter & Two number Prefix AA96 to JK96

Notes :
During 1996 a Fraser/Evans “test issue” $100 note was printed with a prefix of BX96. This note is unusual in that the areas that are normally printed in black ink have been printed in a blue ink similar to that used on the $10 note. Enquiries regarding this note with the relevant authorities at the Reserve Bank have revealed that the error is genuine and not the result of dye as the other colours on the note appear as normal. However, they would not reveal the reason behind the printing of this mysterious ‘blue’ $100 note. Due to the nature of banknote printing, there must be at least another 31 notes in circulation.

Test Notes were issued in the sequence of AN to AZ, BN to BZ and CN to CS.
General circulation notes had their serial numbers ending in “M” – AA to AM, BA to BM with the sequence continuing through the range of letters.

There were no $100 notes printed in 1992, 1993, 1994 or 1995

Auction Prices
	Fine	VF	EF	aUNC	CFU
2012					104
2013					122
2014					111
2015			102	[125]145
2016		108		[111] 144	[264]404*
2017				[135]140	[235]282
2018			115	[125]165
2019

*35 bids on 16/11/16 BM 777777
**3 bids on 12/10/16 HG 777777

First serial prefix AA96 # r616F – Mc701a/1

Auction Prices
	Fine	VF	EF	aUNC	CFU
2014			123	124	228
2015			[111]134	[138]200	180
2016		[111]158	[127]148	[155]170
2017		135	[142]166	[183]305	[186]220
2018			250	298	295
2019