1997 $5 Test Note MacFarlane/Evans R218bT Type A Uncirculated

1997 $5 Test Note MacFarlane/Evans R218bT Type A Uncirculated

Front: New Parliament House

Back: Queen Elizabeth II at centre

Mintage: 390,840

As these notes were experimental, they were never widely released for public use and are now highly sought after by banknote collectors.

A footnote on the RBA website that discusses the production of Australia's polymer banknotes across 1997 states the following about the $5 notes issued in that year: "Test banknotes issued for trial of static free substrate (prefixes used were AN to AZ, BN to BZ and CN to DN)."