It joins the re-designed $5 and $10 notes.
The new Australian $50 was revealed yesterday, featuring new advanced qualities that will make it one of the most secure currencies in the world.
The design doesn’t deviate too much from the existing note with the faces remaining almost identical, however it has a range of innovative additions to make it harder to forge and easier to identify for the blind and vision impaired.
Inside the clear panel is a hologram of a church and the number 50 which reserves should the note be tilted from side to side.
There are also strips with brail-like dots, a black swan that appears to fly when the note is moved, and two patches that change colour when tilted.
A floor-to-ceiling style strip has also been added.
The new note will make it significantly harder for counterfeiters to reproduce the note, and will increase the confidence of blind and vision impaired people when using bank notes.
Tactile dots were added to $5 and $10 notes in 2016 and 2017. The $20 note is expected to be revamped in 2019.
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Written by Kate Stevens
Images: Reserve Bank of Australia
