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The design was unveiled by the Reserve Bank of Australia, and will go into circulation this September.

Here's the old $10 note...

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And here's the new one!

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The new note follows the redesign of the $5 note last year, one that had people, um, underwhelmed.

Indeed, some people are pretty worried that the new $10 note will replicate the problems with the fiver, namely the fact most vending machines don't accept the new currency.

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That's the face of Australian poet and all-round legend A.B. Banjo Paterson on both the old and the new note, so no big changes there -- but the old note also featured quotes from his poetry while the new one does not, a downgrade that has some people peeved ...

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... and other people ready to make jokes.

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There are other people out there with stranger, less defined concerns.

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But hey, it's not all bad news: like the redesigned $5 note, the new tenner features a tactile strip for easy identification for the visually impaired.

And on top of that, there are some people feeling pretty good about the whole redesign, particularly its increased animal count:

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And of course, as with any debate, there are people out there questioning the point of the whole argument, one way or the other:

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Oh well. New things might be scary, but just remember the words of ole mate Rafiki, folks.

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