$5 — Five Dollars
The artwork
Front: Queen Elizabeth II in three-quarter profile, pearls and a brooch, engraved in grey against washes of pink and lilac — the same likeness carried by Australian five-dollar notes since 1992. A clear top-to-bottom window runs down the centre, holding the seven-pointed Federation Star, the Federation Pavilion and an eastern spinebill among prickly Moses wattle. "Legal Tender Throughout Australia" sits above the two signatures, with a large numeral 5 to the right.
Back: Parliament House on Capital Hill, Canberra, flag mast rising over the curved colonnade and the forecourt mosaic below. The wattle and the spinebill continue through the central window, with the Federation Pavilion beneath. To the right, a fine line drawing of the building's plan in orange, a rolling-colour patch window, and the vertical serial BF16 1890427 — two letters, the year of print, then seven digits.
In circulation
The first of the Next Generation Banknote series, released on 1 September 2016 to replace the 1995 five-dollar note. It remains legal tender and in everyday circulation, though later printings carry different signatures, and a 2018 variant corrected the microprinted text within the spinebill's wing.
Details
- IssuerReserve Bank of Australia
- CurrencyDollar ($)
- DenominationFive Dollars
- Collectedon the Australia journeys, 2005–2024
- SeriesNext Generation Banknote, first issued 2016
- SignatureGlenn Stevens, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia; John Fraser, Secretary to the Treasury
- PrinterNote Printing Australia
- SecurityPolymer substrate; clear top-to-bottom window with rolling-colour Federation Star, flying eastern spinebill and Federation Pavilion; reversing patch window; raised tactile bumps on the long edges
- Dimensions130 × 65 mm