Australia's central bank is taking "responsibilty" – or rather, responsibility – for a microscopic typo on 46 million bank notes.
An Australian radio station posted a photo on social media Thursday showing the 50 Australian dollar bill ($35 USD) with the word "responsibility" missing its last "i" in the three times it appears on the note.
The Reserve Bank of Australia confirmed the error on the notes printed in October and said it will be corrected in the next print run.
Australia's $50 bill shows Edith Cowan, the first Australian woman elected to parliament. The misspelling occurs in a printed excerpt of her first speech to the Western Australia state Parliament in 1921.
"It is a great responsibility to be the only woman here, and I want to emphasise the necessity which exists for other women being here," the correct quote reads.
"The process of designing and printing a banknote is complex and iterative," a bank spokesperson said, according to Australian broadcaster ABC. "We have strict quality assurance processes, but like any manufacturing process, errors can occur. We have reviewed our processes to remove the likelihood of such an error occurring in the future."
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According to ABC, the bill also featured new security measures to prevent counterfeiting.
Contributing: The Associated Press.
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