| Obverse |
Coat of Arms |
| Reverse |
Hawkesbury River, N.S.W |
| Signatories |
E. C. Riddle, Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
J. Heathershaw, Secretary to the Treasury |
| Size | 180.34mm [width], 78.74mm [height] |
| Composition | Paper – 75 gsm |
| Watermark |
Light basketweave around edges and ’£5’ (twice) in centre
Dark ’Commonwealth’ above and ’Australia’ below centre |
| Mintage | 14,483,000 |
Serial
Numbers |
Prefix letter Q over numeral
Q / 11 290001 to Q / 26 773000
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Valuation : r42 – Mc63 # Riddle/Heathershaw Five Pound Banknotes
| Grading | VG | Fine | VF | EF | aUNC | CFU |
| 1998 | 250 | 500 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 3,500 | 5,000 |
| 2003 | 350 | 750 | 1,500 | 4,000 | 7,500 | 10,000 |
| 2008 | 650 | 1,750 | 6,500 | 9,000 | 17,000 | 27,500 |
| 2009 | | | [$6,058] | | | [$34,950] |
Lot 188 at the International Auction Galleries Auction 69 held on 8th March, 2009
was a pair of r42 banknotes - graded UNC - which realised a price of $69,900
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