Australian pound

Australian pound

Five Pounds Threepence
Unit
Unit	pound
Plural	pounds
Symbol	£‎
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄20	shilling
1⁄240	penny
Plural
penny	pence
Symbol
shilling	s, /–
penny	d
Banknotes
Freq. used	10/–, £1, £5, £10
Rarely used	£20, £50, £100, £1,000
Coins	1⁄2d, 1d, 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 5/- (5/- only used from 1937 to 1938)
Demographics
Date of introduction	1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Date of withdrawal	14 February 1966; 58 years ago (1966-02-14)
Replaced by	Australian dollar
User(s)	Australia
Issuance
Central bank	Treasury (1910–1920) Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1920–1960) Reserve Bank of Australia (1960–1966)
Valuation
Pegged with	initially to sterling at par, then at £A 1 = 16 shillings sterling
Pegged by	New Guinea pound at par
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The pound (sign: £, £A^[1] for distinction) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. Like other £sd currencies, it was subdivided into 20 shillings (denoted by the symbol s or /–), each of 12 pence (denoted by the symbol d).