Blind-friendly bank notes
A new Australian $20 bank note has been designed with three raised nodes to allow people with low vision or blindness to be able to recognise it with ease.
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A new Australian $20 bank note has been designed with three raised nodes to allow people with low vision or blindness to be able to recognise it with ease.
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