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2 Dollars
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| Year | 1974-1985 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of John Macarthur at right, with a Merino ram as the central motif against a multicolour guilloche underprint. A watermark portrait of Captain James Cook is visible at left when held to light. Inscriptions identify the issuing authority and legal tender status. |
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| Reverse lettering | AUSTRALIA |
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Gordon Andrews was a Sydney-based graphic designer with no prior banknote experience when the Reserve Bank commissioned him to redesign Australia's entire decimal currency series in the 1960s — an unusual choice that produced an unusually coherent set. The 2 Dollar note was part of that original decimal family, though this particular issue spans the signature combinations of multiple Governor and Deputy Governor pairings across more than a decade of production.
The Knight & Wheeler variants show two distinct serial number typefaces — one comparatively upright and plain, the other OCR-style — as well as a shift in security thread placement from center to side. These are among the more granular distinctions collectors track within P#43.