Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Back when we switched from pounds to dollars, counterfeiters were cashing in. So, in the late 1960s, the Reserve Bank of Australia came to us with a big ask: create a note that was tough to crack and near-impossible to fake.

After years of clever thinking and innovation, we struck gold in 1988 with the release of the first polymer note.

This top-dollar story is brilliantly told by thehistoryof_money (on Instagram).