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Currency Blunder Down Under

Autocorrect apparently failed to catch an embarrassing typo on Australia's new $50 banknotes. About 46 million bills displaying the misspelled word "responsibilty" had been circulating since October 2018. It took six months until a radio station discovered the blunder, which the Reserve Bank of Australia promises to fix in future print runs. Click here to read U.S. News And World Report article.

May 25, 2019 by Emily Jed

Autocorrect apparently failed to catch an embarrassing typo on Australia's new $50 banknotes. About 46 million bills displaying the misspelled word "responsibilty" had been circulating since October 2018. It took six months until a radio station discovered the blunder, which the Reserve Bank of Australia promises to fix in future print runs.

Click here to read U.S. News And World Report article.