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Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - JAPANESE INVASION MONEY, 1939- 1945
"Roy Jones" NX942681. Money - cream paper with shades of blue artwork. 2. Money - cream paper, coloured artwork.1. "The Japanese Government" - One shilling and palm trees. 2. Japanese characters, mountain, flowers. 50.japanese invasion money, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - JAPANESE CURRENCY, Japanese Government, 1942-1945
Japanese printed invasion money, mostly for the Dutch East Indies. .1 Japansche Regeering een cent .2 Japansche Regeering vijf cent .3 Japansche Regeering half gulden .4 Dai Nippon Teikoku Seihu 1 sato roepiah .5 Japansche Regeering vijf gulden .6 Japansche Regeering tien gulden .7 Dai Nippon Teikoku Seihu sepoeloeh roepiah .8 The Japanese Government promises to pay the bearer on demand Ten Dollars .9 The Japanese Government promises to pay the bearer on demand One Hundred Dollarsnumismatics-notes, japanese, invasion -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY ITALIAN, 1939
The note relates to a collection of John EDWARDS VX3857 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 536 for his service details.Bank note, Italian, 10 Lire, numbered 0400-785092, dated 1939-XVIII. Front has image of "Il Direttore Generale De Tesoro." On other side is an image of a Roman female. Note is in blue and white."Regno D'Italia biglietto di stato a corso legale"currency, italian, 1939 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Australian One Penny 1932, 1932
Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.Circular Commonwealth of Australia copper coin, value one penny, dated 1932. Head and shoulders impression of George V wearing a crown on reverse sideone pennycamp 13, penny coin, australian currency, 1932 australian penny -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Currency - Coin, 1874
The image on this coin shows a British monarch, the young Queen Victoria, at a time when Australia was a Colony of Britain.This coin represents the currency used in Australia in the 19th century.Coin, Queen Victorian Penny, 1874, Obverse shows the "Young Head" of Queen Victoria. Reverse shows Britannia. Coin well worn. Obverse: "VICT ----- D G " "BRIT - - - - G : F : D: " Reverse: "----- -NNY" 1874"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, coin, british coin, currency, penny, 19th century, queen victoria, young queen victoria, brittania, 1874 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Silver Coin
Possession of POW's at Camp 4.Silver metal coinsilver coin, camp 4 tatura -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, ASSORTED, estimated 1940-1945
In the collection belonging to H.J.B.Burrell BEM MM, VX 59659. Refer 290, 296.2P, 297.2P, 298.4.Banknotes from various countries. .1) 5 Sen, bluish colour, Asian .2) 1/2 shilling, Japanese Govt, purplish colour .3) 5 Yen, green, red & blue .4) Asian , redish colour, RF 302054 .5) 5 Francs, Noumea, redish colour .6) 20 Francs Noumea, purple/ green, with lyrebird illustration currency, notes, asian -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CERTIFICATES, MILITARY PAYMENT, Vietnam era
These Military payment Certificates were used in U.S Military Installations, PX’s instead of U.S Dollars. This was to avoid Dollars getting into the black market and used to buy weapons etc. Every few months there would be a shut down and all Payment certificates handed in and new ones issued. They were also used in Australian bases in Vietnam. It was not for use in the main stream, if caught changing these certificates for Vietnamese currency you were in serious trouble..1) 25 cent note, Military Payment certificate, red background,for use only by United States Military, features a Submarine on the front and on the back an Astronaut. .2) 10 cent note, Military Payment Certificate, same front and back as .1) except blue back ground. .3) 5 cent note, Military Payment Certificate, red and blue background, features the head of “Statue of Liberty on the front and the back is only 5 cents..1) “SER No C03913187C, series 681”. 2) “ SER No C12629430C”,series 681. .3) “ G01747260G” , series 591”military payment certificate, u.s -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Italian Coin
Coin Found at P.O.W Camp 13 when huts were being dismantled and relocated.Italian coin, flattened to oval shape. Some Latin script visible on one face and a number 2 on reverse face.camp 13, murchison, coin, italian currency, george taylor, vera taylor -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Currency, Military Payment Certificate, 10 Cents, 1962-1978
MPC, 10 Cents, purple & green, #C04337068C-39currency, military payment certificates -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - COINS VIETNAMESE, 1) 1968; .2) 1966
Items souvenired by Wayne William Forbes No 3176337 RAE. Refer Cat No 754 for service history also 2586. Part of extensive collection including his fathers..1) South Vietnamese coin, silver colour, 20 Dong coin has 12 small flats around the edge. 1 side depicts a farmer in a rice field, the other the coin denomination. .2) South Vietnamese coin, silver colour, 5 Dong coin is oval with undulations around the edge. 1 side depicts a farmer in a rice plant, the other the coin denomination..1) Vietnam Cong HOA 20 Dong / NGAN-HANG-QUOC GIA Viet-Nam 1968 .2) Vietnam Cong HOA 5 Dong / NGAN-HANG-QUOC GIA Viet-Nam 1966numismatics - coins, military history, vietnamese -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, JAPANESE WW2, 1942 - 1945
Items souvenired by Maurice Anthony BYRNE RAAF. Refer Cat No 215.9 for his service details.Four banknotes issued by the Japanese Government for Indonesia and Timor. Notes are in Dutch, Portuguese and English. Various denominations.numismatics - notes; asian currencies, japanese, dutch -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Currency - Coin, 1819
This Great Britain shilling is dated 1819, the year before King George III died. There were over 7 million of these coins minted. King George III succeeded his grandfather, King George II, on the throne in 1760. He reigned until his death on 29th January 1820. The shield in the centre of the reverse of the coin is the Hanoverian Shield, showing that the House of Hanover was elected to the crown rather than taking the crown as a victory. This coin’s denomination is not inscribed on the coin but it has been identified as a shilling from information about the King George III currency 1816-1820. - The 6 pence coin is 19mm - This Shilling is 24mm (the same size as this coin) - The Half Crown is 32mm British coins such as this one shilling were in circulation in the colony of Australia until 1910, when the Commonwealth of Australia began producing its own coinage. This coin was minted by the Royal Mint at Royal Mint Court, in Little Tower Hill, London, England. Coins for circulation in the Kingdom of England, Great Britain and most of the British Empire were produced here until the 1960’s when the Royal Mint shifted location to Wales. The obverse side of the coin’s inscription translation is “George III by the Grace of God, King of the British territories, Defender of the Faith”. The engraver of the obverse image was Benedetto Pistrucci. The reverse side’s inscription on the coin is translated "Evil to him who evil thinks” The engraver of the reverse image was Thomas Wyon. AUSTRALIAN CURRENCY The early settlers of Australia brought their own currency with them so a wide variety of coins, tokens and even ‘promissory’ notes (often called IOU’s) were used in the exchange of goods and services. In 1813 40,000 silver Spanish dollars, purchased by the English government, were delivered to Sydney to help resolve the currency problem reported by Governor Macquarie. The coins were converted for use by punching a hole in the centre of the coin. Both the outer ring, called the holey dollar, and the punched out ‘hole’, called the dump, were then used as the official currency. The holey dollars hold the place of being the first distinctively Australian coins. In 1825 the British Government passed the Sterling Silver Currency Act, making the British Pound the only legal form of currency in the Australian colonies. Not enough British currency was imported into the colony so other forms of currency were still used. In the mid 1800’s Australia entered the Gold Rush period when many made their fortunes. Gold was used for trading, often shaped into ingots, stamped with their weight and purity, and one pound tokens. In 1852 the Adelaide Assay Office, without British approval, made Australia’s first gold coin to meet the need for currency in South Australia after the Gold Rush began. In 1855 the official Australian Mint opened in Sydney, operating as a branch of the Royal Mint in London, and the gold was turned into coins called ‘sovereigns’. Other branches also opened in Melbourne and Perth. Up to the time Australia became a federation in 1901 its currency included British copper and silver coins, Australian gold sovereigns, locally minted copper trade tokens, private banknotes, New South Wales and Queensland government treasury notes and Queensland government banknotes. After Federation, the Australian government began to overwrite privately issued notes and prepared for the introduction of its own currency. In 1910 a National Australian Currency was formed, based on the British currency of ‘pounds, shillings and pence’ and the first Commonwealth coining was produced. In 1966, on February 14th, Australia changed over to the decimal currency system of dollars and cents. Australia did not have its own currency in the colonial times. Settlers brought money from other countries and they also traded goods such as grain when currency was scarce. For a long time there was no standardised value for the different currencies. In 1825 British currency became the only official currency in the colony of Australia and coins such as this silver shilling were imported into Australia to replace the mixture of foreign currency. Australia became a Federated nation on 1st January 1901. In 1910 National Australian Currency was formed and Australia produced its own currency, based on the British ‘pounds, shillings and pence’. The British currency was no longer valid. This silver shilling is of national significance as it represents the British currency used in Australia from 1825-1910. Coin, Great Britain shilling, 1819. Silver coin, round. Obverse; King George III head, looking right. Reverse; crown on top of quartered shield, 2 diagonally opposite quarters both show 3 lions, another quarter has a rampant lion, another quarter has a harp; in the centre of the shield is a small crowned shield with 3 symbols that appear to be lions. Inscriptions on both sides of coin (denomination not inscribed).Obverse “GEOR . III D . G . BRITT . REX F . D .” and “1819” Reverse “HONI . SOIT . Q [UI obscured] . MAL . Y . PENSE” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, coin, currency, money, legal tender, australian currency history, royal mint, great britain shilling 1819, king george iii currency, colonial australia currency, benedetto pistrucci, thomas wyon, numismatics -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Currency - Coins
Five coins in various shapes and sizes. Bronze in colour Two Vietnamese Dong One Schilling Republic of Osterreich One five cent Indochine. 1 RAEcurrency, rae -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Currency, Vietnamese Currency, 100 Dong
Burgundy colour #C6238411currency, dong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Currency, Military Payment
FRONT: Red printing on cream background Military Payment Certificate 50 on each corner. Fifty cents printed top & bottom. Lady's image left hand siide: Series 641 J08965923J printed in black. BACK: 50c in black print over image of an eagle.For use only in US Military Est by US Auth personnel in accordance with Rules and Reg.military payment certificates, certificate -
Clunes Museum
Currency - 10C COIN
A SPECIAL AUSTRALIAN 10 CENT COIN, DATED 2018 TO COMMEMORATE 50 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL CURRENCYdecimal currency, 10 cents -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - JAPANESE CURRENCY, 1941 - 1945
Japanese occupation currency for use in the islands.Japanese $10.00 note, white, light and dark blue letters. "MN" on front side.currency, japanese, occupation -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - WALLET, WWI
The wallet was owned by Sgt Jack Grinton No 1043, 38th Batt AIF. Part of the Grinton collection which included hundreds of negatives and developed photos that he took during the Great War. Refer Cat No 1280 for service details. Refer 1317P, 1320P.Black leather wallet with flap and two pockets. Gift from YMCA.Printed on flap: "Xmas wishes from Australian YMCA 1918"personal effects-money containers, handcrafts-leatherwork -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Currency - Currency, notes
Bank notes $1.00 Australian note $ 1.00 Singapore Dollar $20.00 Dong Laminated by 2currency, money, notes -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Currency - German Occupation Money, 1940s
These four paper notes are from the Jersey Channel Islands during the German occupation in WWII.Four German government-issued paper notes. There is 1 mark, 2 reichsmark, 20 reichsmark and 50 reichsmark.german occupation money, invasion money, wwii -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Currency - Money, 1940's
Japanese One Shilling Invasion Currencystawell -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Currency - Australian 1962 & 1966, 1962 & 1966
In value the penny was the second smallest denominator in the old imperial currency in Australia in the mid 20th century (halfpenny was the smallest). Decimal currency was introduced in 1966 and the two cent coin was the second lowest in value. It was withdrawn from circulation in 1992 but it is still legal tender in some circumstances. This coin was minted in the first year of decimal currency in Australia. The dollar note was introduced in 1966 and it in turn was replaced in 1984 by the dollar coin. These coins are kept as mementoes of notes and coins no longer in use and are therefore of historical interest. 000496.1 Australian decimal currency bank note: $1 note 000496.2 Australian decimal currency coin: 2c 000496.3 Australian pre-decimal currency coin: 1 penny The one dollar notes are orange, yellow, black and white in colour. They have images of Queen Elizabeth 11 and the Australian Coat of Arms on one side and aboriginal motifs on the other side. The metal two cent coin has the Queen’s head on one side and an image of a frilled lizard on the other. The metal penny has the Queen’s head on one side and a kangaroo image on the other.One dollar note- numbers CJA 061539 and CEU 647543 Two cent coin: Elizabeth 11, Australia 1966 One penny: Australia, Penny, 1962 australian currency, australian decimal currency, pre-decimal currency in australia -
Melbourne Legacy
Currency, Anzacs Remembered World War 1 1914-1918 Offical Coin Collection, 2015
A set of thirteen 20 cent coins issued in 2015 to commemorate 100 years of Anzac and the First World War. Based on photos chosen from the Australian War Memorial archive, the ANZAC Official Coin Collection includes fourteen coins that have been designed and produced by the Royal Australian Mint to mark significant aspects that occurred in the First World War. Our set contains 13 coins - missing the Australian Flying Corps. There is also a folder to store the set in. The First World War themes featured in this collection include the war years, mateship, Light Horsemen, the home front, the Royal Australian Navy, Remembrance Day, Nurses, wartime animals, The Last Post, War Correspondents, Australian Flying Corps, Australian Imperial Force, the Unknown Soldier, and the Gallipoli Landing. Project was issed by the Royal Mint and supported by the Australian War Memorial, Newscorp, Westpac and Legacy. The set, including coins was used as a prize in the JPESA speaking contest that Melbourne Legacy ran for many years until 2022.A type of prize given at a Legacy speaking competition that commemorates World War 1.Thirteen uncirculated 20 cent coins in cardboard mount, each commemorating an aspect of World War 1. coins, world war one -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Currency, Vietnamese Currency, 50 Dong
Note, Teal colour, 466763currency, dong -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Currency (Item) - Half Gulden De Japansche Regeering Betaalt Aan Toonder
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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Internment Camps One Penny Coin, 1940s
Coin found at Camp 13 when huts were being dismantled and relocated.Copper coin with hole in centre featuring motifs and lettering "Internment Camp" on one side and "One Penny", currency value, on the other side.coin, camp 13, internment camp, internment camps currency -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Currency - Currency and Photos
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Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, VARIOUS, Governments of Ceylon, Turkey, Greece, 2) 1930, .3) feb 1942
Souvenired by W.O Albert Corrie VX47191, refer Cat No 4847 for service..1) Currency note, ten cents Ceylon, blue and black colours with King George depiction. .2) Currency note, 50 Elli Kurus, Turkish, various colours with depiction of a man in RH corner. .3) Currency note, Greek, 10 (unclear), various colours, depiction on LH corner re an Ancient Greek. All 3 have been laminated..2) In red, “SERI B22 223751” .3) In red/black, “A ? 7 434181”currency, notes, -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Currency - Coin, 1898
This Great Britain one shilling coin is dated 1898, which is during the reign of Queen Victoria. There were over 9 million of these coins minted. Queen Victoria succeeded King William IV to the British Throne in 1837 – she was only 18 years old at the time – and she ruled until 1901. British coins such as this one shilling were in circulation in the colony of Australia until 1910, when the Commonwealth of Australia began producing its own coinage. This one shilling coin was minted by the Royal Mint at Royal Mint Court, in Little Tower Hill, London, England. Coins for circulation in the Kingdom of England, Great Britain and most of the British Empire were produced here until the 1960’s when the Royal Mint shifted location to Wales. There are three main groups of shillings produced during Queen Victoria’s reign:- - The Young Head; 1837-1887, in 8 different versions, on the obverse showing the Queen’s maturing face over 50 years. - The Junior Head; 1887-1892, minted when Queen Victoria had been reigning for 50 years. Her head was smaller on the coins minted 1887-1889 than on those shillings minted 1889-1892. - The Old Head; 1893-1901, shows the veiled head of Queen Victoria. The obverse side of the coin was designed by Thomas Brock. The inscription’s translation is “Victoria by the Grace of God, Queen of the British territories, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India”. The reverse side of the coin was designed by Edward Paynter. The inscription "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" translates as "Evil be to him who evil thinks". AUSTRALIAN CURRENCY The early settlers of Australia brought their own currency with them so a wide variety of coins, tokens and even ‘promissory’ notes (often called IOU’s) were used in the exchange of goods and services. In 1813 Spanish dollars were imported and converted for use by punching a hole in the centre of the coin. Both the outer ring, called the holey dollar, and the punched out ‘hole’, called the dump, were then used as the official currency. In 1825 the British Government passed the Sterling Silver Currency Act, making the British Pound the only legal form of currency in the Australian colonies. Not enough British currency was imported into the colony so other forms of currency were still used. In the mid 1800’s Australia entered the Gold Rush period when many made their fortunes. Gold was used for trading, often shaped into ingots, stamped with their weight and purity, and one pound tokens. In 1852 the Adelaide Assay Office, without British approval, made Australia’s first gold coin to meet the need for currency in South Australia after the Gold Rush began. In 1855 the official Australian Mint opened in Sydney, operating as a branch of the Royal Mint in London, and the gold was turned into coins called ‘sovereigns’. Other branches also opened in Melbourne and Perth. Up to the time of Australia becoming a federation in 1901 its currency included British copper and silver coins, Australian gold sovereigns, locally minted copper trade tokens, private banknotes, New South Wales and Queensland government treasury notes and Queensland government banknotes. After Federation the Australian government began to overwrite privately issued notes and prepared for the introduction of its own currency. In 1910 a National Australian Currency was formed, based on the British currency of ‘pounds, shillings and pence’ and the first Commonwealth coining was produced. In 1966, on February 14th, Australia changed over to the decimal currency system of dollars and cents. Australia did not have its own currency in the colonial times. Settlers brought money from other countries and they also traded goods such as grain when currency was scarce. For a long time there was no standardised value for the different currencies. In 1825 British currency became the only official currency in the colony of Australia and coins such as this silver shilling were imported into Australia to replace the mixture of foreign currency. Australia became a Federated nation on 1st January 1901. In 1910 National Australian Currency was formed and Australia produced its own currency, based on the British ‘pounds, shillings and pence’. The British currency was no longer valid. This silver shilling is of national significance as it represents the British currency used in Australia from 1825-1910. This silver shilling is also of significance to Australia as part one of the British Colonies ruled by Queen Victoria. It is part of the special silver and gold coins minted 1887-1893 to celebrate the 50 years Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign 1837-1887. Coin, Great Britain Shilling, 1898. Silver coin, round. Obverse; Queen Victoria head, ‘Old Head’, looking left. Reverse; 3 shields (each crowned) - 3 passant lions (England), 1 rampant lion (Scotland), golden harp (Northern Ireland) - floral symbols between them – 1 rose, 2 thistles. Inscriptions on both sides of coin.Obverse “VICTORIA . DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP” Reverse “ONE SHILLING, 1898, Inner band, some letters hidden - HONI SO VI Y PENSE” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, coin, currency, money, legal tender, australian currency history, royal mint, british shilling 1898, thomas brock, edward paynter, great britain shilling, queen victoria currency, queen victoria 50 years golden jubilee shilling, colonial australia currency, numismatics