Those lucky enough to get their hands on one of the newly-printed five dollar notes will know its design is leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor.
The note originally hit the headlines for its special bump that allows blind and visually impaired people to more easily identify it from other currency.
Yet it seems that’s not the only new use. As a few old school music lovers have discovered, it can also be used to spin vinyl records.
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia educator Cris Kennedy tested the theory using a new note and a jazz record.
Kennedy explained the plastic polymer material gives the note's edge the required amount of sharpness to act as a stylus.
"What you’re hearing is the note vibrating as it reads the grooves in the record," he said.
"It’s actually genius."
The educator went on to explain how the note itself acts as a kind of speaker.
The discovery is said to have come after videos of Britain's new pound notes were shown to display the same ability.
Kennedy warned the trick shouldn't be tested on records of value as it may cause damage.
Let's maybe keep this new discovery for the dinner parties where a record player isn't present.
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