Typo on 46 million Australian banknotes

[Eldorado]

"It was billed as the next generation of banknotes – with improved security and top-to-bottom clear windows – but the numbers folk at the Reserve Bank missed one important step in the tech-heavy journey: spellcheck.

An anonymous tipster with eagle eyes, a magnifying glass and, presumably, a little free time, alerted radio stations to a typo on the new $50 banknote that has escaped everyone's attention since 46 million of them were rolled out in October last year."

At SMH: https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/oops-typo-for-the-ages-printed-on-46-million-new-50-notes-20190509-p51ljw.html

At the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/09/australian-50-note-typo-spelling-mistake-printed-46-million-times