Getting the cash right in a period piece is a small detail that seasoned viewers notice immediately. Australia moved from pounds, shillings, and pence to decimal currency in February 1966 — any production set before that date should never feature dollar notes on screen, a mistake that shows up more often than it should in lower-budget period productions.
The National Museum of Australia holds an extensive currency and social history collection worth reviewing if your production spans a specific decade — the note designs, paper stock colour, and even typography shifted noticeably across the 1970s, 80s, and the transition to polymer notes in the 1990s.
Our current Film & TV Props range is built around the modern polymer-era note designs. If your production is set in a specific historical period and needs a matching older design, mention it when you contact our studio — we take custom period requests on a case-by-case basis.
