<Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre . For table standards, see the banknote specification table . </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1988, the Reserve Bank of Australia issued $10 notes in plastic . The polypropylene polymer banknotes were produced by Note Printing Australia, to commemorate the bicentenary of European settlement in Australia . These notes contained a transparent "window" with a diffractive optically variable device (DOVD) image of Captain James Cook as a security feature . Australian banknotes were the first in the world to use such features . All current Australian banknotes also contain Microprinting for further security . </P> <Table> Second series (1988) <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

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