Australia 1968 $10 R303S Phillips/Randall about Uncirculated Star Note

An important and increasingly rare opportunity, we are delighted to give you the chance to secure the 1968 $10 R303S Phillips/Randall Star Note – Australia’s final $10 Star Replacement Note issue!

Star Replacement Notes were launched in Australia during the late 1940s, created to swap with notes damaged in the printing process, or in some other way faulty. This practice bridged the predecimal-decimal divide, but technological advances ultimately made the creation of Star Notes obsolete. The curtain fell on this unique, distinctive period of Australian currency history in the early 1970s, with the final signature combination used on Star Notes being Phillips/Randall.

A wonderful opportunity to own a piece of Australian history, we have the very last $10 Star Replacement Note in near-flawless about Uncirculated condition! Rare in any quality, there is no question that the 1968 $10 R303S Phillips/Randall Star Note is very rare in the state of preservation seen here. Click add to cart now!

About Star Notes…

The ‘Glamour notes of Australian numismatics’!

The ‘glamour notes’ of Australian numismatics, Star Replacement Notes are sought after for their rich history, distinctive nature – and extreme rarity. Indeed, seldom seen on the market, Star Notes rank among Australia’s greatest rarities across the predecimal and decimal fields.

Distinctive in appearance, the Star Note was introduced in 1948 to aid the speed of note production. Instead of creating a hand-printed replacement bearing the same serial number as a faulty or damaged note, as had been the case in the past, the Star Note was given a new serial with no relation to the number of the withdrawn note. Each replacement note carried a 5-digit serial number, ending with a star during the predecimal period – hence the name – and an asterisk during the decimal era.

Printed in tiny numbers from 1948 until the early 1970s, when automated processes rendered the practice unnecessary, Australian Star Notes were naturally created with the specific intent of being issued for circulation. As Australian paper banknotes had a relatively short lifespan, it is logical that most Star Notes will have been withdrawn from circulation by the authorities and destroyed. And, of surviving examples, most will have suffered extensive circulation.

As a result, whilst rare in any condition, all Star Notes are excessively rare when found in the upper echelons of quality.