Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CHANGE PURSE & COINS

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1980

Materials

LEATHERETTE, STEEL, ALUMINUM, COPPER, SILVER, NICKEL

No. Pieces

23

Height

2.7

Length

13

Width

12.5

Description

.1) BLACK LEATHERETTE CHANGE PURSE WITH BRASS BRACKETED MOUTH AND BRASS CHAIN FINISH ON BRACKETS IS WEARING. .2) JAPANESE YEN COIN. 1.9CM (D) COPPER COIN WITH "1 YEN" ON OBVERSE ENCIRCLED BY JAPANESE CHARACTERS. REVERSE HAS DOUBLE BRANCHED FLOWERING PLANT. .3) THREE JAPANESE COINS. 2.0CM (D) EACH, ALUMINUM WITH "1" OVER JAPANESE CHARACTERS ON OBVERSE. REVERSE HAS THREE BRANCHED TREE WITH LEAVES SURROUNDED BY JAPANESE CHARACTERS. .4) FOUR JAPANESE COINS. 2.3 CM (D) EACH, COPPER. OBVERSE HAS TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BUILDING SURROUNDED BY JAPANESE CHARACTERS. REVERSE HAS "10" WITH LAUREL LEAF AROUND EDGE. .5) JAPANESE COIN. 2.3CM (D), BRASS. OBVERSE HAS "10" WITH "1989" ABOVE AND JAPANESE CHARACTERS BELOW. REVERSE HAS JAPANESE TOWER OR TEMPLE FLANKED BY TWO JAPANESE CHARACTERS. .6) THREE JAPANESE COINS. 2.2CM (D) EACH, SILVER. OBVERSE HAS THREE FLOWER EMBLEM SURROUNDED BY JAPANESE CHARACTERS. REVERSE HAS "100" OVER JAPANESE CHARACTERS. THREE INDIVIDUAL COINS BEAR THE NUMBERS "44", "50" AND "55" ON REVERSE. .7) TWO MEXICAN COINS. 2.8CM (D), COPPER. OBVERSE HAS EMBLEM OF EAGLE WITH A SNAKE IN ITS BEAK STANDING ON A CACTUS SURROUNDED BY "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS". REVERSE HAS EMBLEM OF MESA IN A DESERT WITH "20" AND "CENTAVOS 1968". SECOND COIN IS SAME EXCEPT FROM 1944 AND HAS TWO HOLES DRILLED IN EDGE. .8) ITALIAN COIN. 2.4CM (D), NICKEL. OBVERSE HAS NUDE MALE FORM STRIKING AN ANVIL WITH A HAMMER WITH "L50" AND "1976". REVERSE HAS FEMALE PROFILE SURROUNDED BY "REPVBBLICA ITALIANA". .9) FRENCH COIN. 2.3CM (D), COPPER. OBVERSE HAS ROOSTER EMBLEM WITH LEAFY BRANCH. "LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE" IS AROUND EDGE AND "20 FRANCS 1950" IS TO RIGHT OF ROOSTER. REVERSE HAS FEMALE PROFILE WITH "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE" AROUND EDGE. .10) BRITISH CARIBBEAN COIN. 2.5CM (D), COPPER. OBVERSE HAS "1 CENT" ENCIRCLED BY LAUREL LEAVES AND HAS "BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES EASTERN GROUP" AROUND EDGE. REVERSE HAS FEMALE PROFILE WEARING CROWN SURROUNDED BY "QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND". .11) BRITISH COIN. 3.2 CM (D), SILVER. OBVERSE HAS BRITISH COAT OF ARMS FLANKED BY TWO KING'S CROWNS OVER TWO INTERLINKED "G"'S. THIS IS SURROUNDED BY "FID: DEF IND: IMP" AND "HALF CROWN 1948". REVERSE HAS PROFILE OF MALE HEAD SURROUNDED BY "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX".. .12) BRITISH COIN. 2.2CM (D), SILVER. OBVERSE HAS FULL BRITISH COAT OF ARMS WITH RAMPANT LION AND UNICORN OVER "ONE POUND". REVERSE HAS FEMALE PROFILE FLANKED BY "D-G-REG-F-D-1983" AND "ELIZABETH II". .13) TWO BRITISH COINS. 2.1CM (D) EACH, SILVER. OBVERSE HAS QUEEN'S CROWN OVER FLOWER EMBLEM WHICH SPLITS "20". AROUND TOP EDGE IS "TWENTY PENCE". ONE COIN IS FROM 1992, THE OTHER IS 1993. REVERSE HAS FEMALE PROFILE WEARING CROWN WITH "ELIZABETH II" AND "D-G-REG-G-F-D". .14) A GOSPEL COIN. 2.1CM (D), BRASS. OBVERSE HAS "A GOSPEL COIN" AND "CHRIST JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SAVE SINNERS I TIM. 1:15". REVERSE HAS "HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION? HEB.2:3" AND "GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS CHICAGO". .15) CORONATION COMMEMORATIVE COIN. 3.3CM (D), COPPER. OBVERSE HAS QUEEN'S CROWN OVER "EIIR CANADA" WITH "ELIZABETH II REGINA CORONATA MCMLIII" AROUND EDGE. REVERSE HAS FEMALE PROFILE WITH CROWN AND ORNATE DRESS. .16) TWO JAPANESE COINS. 2.0CM (D) X 0.1CM (H) SILVER COIN WITH HOLE IN CENTRE. OBVERSE SHOWS TWO BUNCHES OF FLOWERS WITH JAPANESE CHARACTERS ON EITHER SIDE OF HOLE. REVERSE HAS "50" WITH JAPANESE CHARACTERS. .17) JAPANESE COIN. 2.2CM (D) X 0.1CM (H) COPPER COIN WITH HOLE IN CENTRE. OBVERSE HAS PLANT STOCK WITH JAPANESE CHARACTERS. REVERSE HAS JAPANESE CHARACTERS AROUND HOLE IN CENTRE. .18) TWO TAX TOKENS. 2.3CM (D) X 0.1CM (H) ALUMINUM COINS WITH HOLE IN CENTRE. BOTH SIDES HAVE RAISED LETTERING WHICH READS "TAX COMMISSION SALES TAX" AND "TOKEN STATE OF WASHINGTON".

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

EXCHANGE MEDIUM

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

CURRENCY/MAUNDY

History

COINS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A MISSIONARY AND SPEAKER. THESE ARE SOUVENIRS OF HIS TRIPS. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041357

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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