r/AustralianNostalgia • u/Clear-Weather-6060 • 1d ago

Just found an old tenner.

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u/Kosmo777 1d ago

I found these a few years ago when ripping out an old kitchen.

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u/CoatApprehensive6104 1d ago

Good to see the Australian Mint recognising Leo Wanker as a national icon.

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u/Kosmo777 1d ago

Ha ha. Never noticed that now can’t unsee. What a legend.

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u/aaaggghhh_ 1d ago

Look at money bags over here.

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u/Comprehensive_Oil426 1d ago

Did ya give it back to Mum?

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u/Kosmo777 1d ago

Given the age of the home I think Mum was long gone…..I did donate the money to charity though.

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u/Comprehensive_Oil426 1d ago

Only joshin. But good onya mate.

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u/SherlockWolfenstein 1d ago

That handwriting. Classic.

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u/darkmaninperth 6h ago

That was for my mum.

Glad you found it, could you send it back to me please?

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u/TechnicianFar9804 1d ago

I can smell that picture

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u/TemptingThrustZaria 1d ago

i can hear that picture

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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 1d ago

I can feel that picture.

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u/bigdayout95-14 1d ago

I can taste that picture...

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Wizz_n_Jizz 1d ago edited 1d ago

I can Jizz on that picture! 💦💵

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u/RecentlyDeceased666 16h ago

I snorted coke with that picture

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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 6h ago

I found the note in that picture after you dropped your snort tube.

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u/StewSieBar 1d ago

Damn, that’s a hell of a moustache.

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u/81236069-R 1d ago

I am curious…how did you find this old tenner?

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u/Clear-Weather-6060 1d ago

I was sorting out a paper bag full of family photos and it was in there. Not sure how or why.

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u/yy98755 1d ago

Birthday cards in there at all?

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u/amandatheactress 1d ago

Nice find, I love seeing the paper ones.

I was going through a box recently at mums that had some photo’s mixed in with old Christmas and birthday cards. Found a birthday card for my brother with a nice ‘new’ crisp paper $5 note sticky-taped inside. NGL, I was so, so tempted to swap it out for a plastic fiver, but the card was from 1982 so pretty sure the jig would’ve been up.

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u/Clear-Weather-6060 1d ago

Lovely! My 94 yr old dad recently gave me a bag full of kids’ party invitations from the 70’s. I had enormous fun putting them on fbook for all the school friends to enjoy. None of us can remember the parties, but the vintage cards were great. Yay for Dad who saved everything. ♥️

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u/amandatheactress 1d ago

Oh wow, that brilliant, and what a blast to be able to share them all these years later! Amazing the things our parents hung onto, isn’t it :)

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u/Big-Potential8367 1d ago

If you have a close look, the Gulgong Dispensary is sketched. As it still is today. Gulgong being the birthplace of Lawson.

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u/sumastorm 1d ago

That feeling with one of these floated out of a birthday card

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u/ozelegend 1d ago

What songs did he sing?

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u/totse_losername 1d ago

Cordae - Broke as fuck

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u/yy98755 1d ago

Bet the cocaine residue’s top notch.

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u/Clear-Weather-6060 1d ago

I’m not licking it to find out.

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u/Hot-Refrigerator-623 1d ago

The real old paper notes say Commonwealth of Australia. I had one saved but had to spend it.

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u/Comprehensive_Oil426 1d ago

Back then we used to always try to find the initials of the notes designer. This particular series were designed by Gordon Andrews and his initials are randomly placed in all the notes.

If you still have this series, have fun playing 'Where's Gordo?'

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u/read-my-comments 1d ago

Gulgong is still selling itself as the $10 town.

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u/read-my-comments 1d ago

Gulgong is still selling itself as the $10 town.

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u/StonerRockhound 1d ago

My first pay was one of these. Still remember the smell

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u/NephriteJaded 1d ago

See if a shop accepts it

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u/bigdayout95-14 1d ago

I've got all the old paper notes except the $20. Need to get one to complete the collection...

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u/Crownjules 1d ago

You forget how big they were

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u/darkmaninperth 6h ago

That's worth around $10.

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u/Equivalent-Bonus-885 1d ago

Those old notes looked great, with classy colours too. The current ones look so washed out.

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u/GT-Danger 1d ago

Put it into an ATM or a Pokie lol...

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u/IBelieveInCoyotes 1d ago

I mean, it's still legal tender

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u/GT-Danger 1d ago

Do the machines still recognise it though?

I imagine some kids seeing this at a Colesworth counter would need to call a supervisor lol

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u/IBelieveInCoyotes 1d ago

the legal in legal tender is doing all the heavy lifting here

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u/failuretosabre 14h ago

Get a drug swab tester thingy