Significance

Demonstrates what can be lost and found on a tramcar - though odd given its location on the tram.



Yields information about how coins were handled and carried in the 1950's.

Physical description

A lost and found item comprising



1 - blue plastic purse with heat pressing sides and a push button steel clip

2 - Australian half-penny, coin, dated 1949 with King George VI on rear

3 - Australian penny, coin, dated 1949 with King George VI on rear

4 - Australian sixpence coin, dated 1951 with King George VI on rear.



Items found behind silt behind the side frame of tram 671, - advised by Neville Britton 20/6/2019. Items from the era when the tram would have been running in Melbourne.