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The Australian dollar

Australia's currency has its own fascinating history. It converted from the pound to the decimal currency, was a darling of counterfeiters and eventually turned from paper to plastic (polymer) notes. - This visit at the note printing in Melbourne's north shows how the once world's first plastic money is made today.



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