SYDNEY -- Where have all Australia's 100-dollar banknotes gone? There should be 340 million of them circulating through the economy, according to figures from the central Reserve Bank of Australia, but the distinctive and virtually indestructible green polymer notes are rarely seen in daily life.
The 100-dollar bill, whose front and reverse sides feature two prominent 20th century Australians -- soprano Dame Nellie Melba and soldier-statesman Sir John Monash -- is the highest-value note in Australia, and accounts for just under half the value of the $73 billion Australian dollars ($56 billion) of notes on issue.
