..:: Some of the oldest SG coins I found today! ::..

[Familyfirst]

Bro Lau, I older than you little bit. so, don't cry, don't cry.

Bro RTS, I have used these coins when I was young and I don't feel they are old enough, so I did't keep them. I think 1967 is the oldest, 1966 and earlier one has the Queen's face on it, if I remember correctly.

I do have feeling and kept some of the older one like those square 1 cent coin. On one face it says "Commissioners of Currency Malaya", the other is "George VI" "King" "Emperor" and the face of British King George The Sixth. The oldest one I have is year 1939.

Late liao, lazy to go and take photo. If got request will take photo tomorrow.

[RTS]

hi

That is pretty nice! Squares coins... Hmm.. sounds like tong ban.. will be interesting to have a look... The oldest I got is 1967.. I last time I got the oldest is 1964 but I have no idea where is gone to liao... wasted...

[fallraen]

wah i must take photo of my old coins. i think my grandma pass me some 1967, 1 dollar coins. they were huge!

[UncleLau]

Think the $1 old Singapore coin are collectable items....i still have my late mother in law,she passed me some old Japanese Banana 5 dollars and 10 dollars notes ! Good for history lesson....

[RTS]

wow, banana money you also got? You should frame it up and remind your grandkids in future.. I always feed uneasy when young taiwaneses follow jap culture that blindly...

[seiko.citizen]

wow, banana money you also got? You should frame it up and remind your grandkids in future.. I always feed uneasy when young taiwaneses follow jap culture that blindly...

banana money i also have, not just one or two pieces, but whole stacks

if you know your history well, you would know that it was the west who turned formosa (taiwan) into a base, it only fell into the japanese hands after the first sino japanese war, however, japan still manage to occupy for another 50odd years, until about WWII.
It is therefore safe to say that japanese culture has been embedded into the taiwanese; just like british culture has affected a major part of s'pore.

[exxondus]

i read from history book that banana notes was useless cos the japs kept printing them. in the end need one whole box of notes just to buy an egg

or something along those lines haha..

my grandma also left me one whole plastic bag of 1 dollar coin. The one with the lion (dunno wat animal) on the coin de..in the end now i dunno where i threw them le haha...

[RTS]

That I really dont know...

if you know your history well, you would know that it was the west who turned formosa (taiwan) into a base, it only fell into the japanese hands after the first sino japanese war, however, japan still manage to occupy for another 50odd years, until about WWII.
It is therefore safe to say that japanese culture has been embedded into the taiwanese; just like british culture has affected a major part of s'pore.

My knowledge is as limited as yours.. haha..

i read from history book that banana notes was useless cos the japs kept printing them. in the end need one whole box of notes just to buy an egg

[Familyfirst]

Some square 1 cent coins, the 1 $ coins with lion image and some 5 cents coins. I have some 'tong ban' (round shape with square hole in the centre), but bough from HK tourist souvenir store, I think is replica, not worth putting in the pic.

[seiko.citizen]

i read from history book that banana notes was useless cos the japs kept printing them. in the end need one whole box of notes just to buy an egg

or something along those lines haha..

my grandma also left me one whole plastic bag of 1 dollar coin. The one with the lion (dunno wat animal) on the coin de..in the end now i dunno where i threw them le haha...

same mistake as the nazi's did. overprint the currency, exhaust their reserves, and have nothing to back their currency with. or as modern day example: zimbabwe

[triton]

thought i would share some of the coins i have..pity i dont have the 1975 edition to make it complete for the decade

[Non]

Nice coins

I have a 1926 straits settlement coin.

[dddd]

Nice