The Crocodile Hunter on the Australian $5 note
according to the newspaper Daily Mail, through a social network, a group of Australians demand that famous national figures be commemorated in the current currency of that country. The desire was expressed on social networks in recent days: “It’s what we all want,” they expressed in unison.
On social networks, thousands of people expressed various slogans rejecting the figure of King Carlos III and supporting Irwin in his place on the banknotes. Among them requests like “Steve Irwin deserves our highest form of currency”, or “it’s time to replace Queen Elizabeth’s face in cash with Steve Irwin or Heath Ledger”, I think”, and even “the five dollar bill will explode in value if we put him (Steve Irwin) on that bill”they manifested.
Steve Irwin, known as the crocodile hunterdied in September 2006 after being hit in the chest by a stingray spike and became a legend for millions of people around the world, who followed his famous television show.
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From the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) They explained that, in order to make the change effective and issue new Australian five dollar bills with that image, a special procedure must be carried out. “The reigning monarch has traditionally appeared on the lowest denomination of Australian banknotes,” officials said.
“The decision to include the Queen’s face on the $5 bill was more for her personally than for her status as monarch, so the transition (from putting Carlos) is not automatic,” they explained.
What the Reserve Bank of Australia officials said
According to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the $5 paper banknote was first issued in 1967, under Sir Joseph Banks and Caroline Chisholm. Then, in 1992, a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was introduced on the country’s first polymer $5 bill. This was later updated in 2016, with the same image, however it was updated for security purposes.
A fourth issue of the $5 note was the Federation notes which were issued to mark the Centenary of the Federation of Australia in 2001, featuring Sir Henry Parkes and Catherine Helen Spence.
“My day would be better and I would have a good day seeing Steve smiling back at me,” one follower commented on social media.
Irwin isn’t the only Aussie icon being considered, as many took to Twitter to share their aspirations for the $5 contender. Among the Australian legends in contention for the top spot are Kylie Minogue, Dame Edna, Anne Edmonds, Olivia Newton-John, Bert Newton, Shane Warne, Kathy Freeman and even Luke Hemmings from the band 5 Seconds of Summer.
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