Australian $50 note typo: spelling mistake printed 46 million times
Red faces after discovery $2.3bn worth of currency has a spelling mistake in ‘micro-text’
46 million of Australia’s new $50 notes have been printed with a typo, the Reserve Bank has confirmed.
The “new and improved” $50 banknote was rolled out in October last year, with a host of new technologies designed to improve accessibility and prevent counterfeiting.