Significance

The three banks had these calico bags for customers to collect their takings and bring them to the bank. The teller counted the money and gave the calico bag back to the sustomer to use again.

Physical description

CALICO BANKING MONEY BAGS WITH WRITING ON THE BOTTOM
a. State Savings Bank of Victoria
b. Bank of New South Wales
c. Reserve Bank of Australia

Inscriptions & markings

EACH BAG HAS INSCRIPTIONS WRITTEN ON THEM. THE FIRST HAS THE STATE BANK OF VICTORIA, THE SECOND HAS YOU CAN BANK ON THE WALES AND THE THIRD HAS RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA.