I was at the bank to deposit some money including some old currency notes that are legal tender when it dawned on me they might be collector’s items and worth more than their face value. I also have some Japanese ‘banana’ money that used to be worthless. I thought they might be in demand now.
Does anyone in SHC know the value of the old currencies shown in the image below? It will save me a trip to the antique shops if someone does. :) The image shows:
Top row (l-r): Japanese one dollar; Japanese fifty cents.
Mid row (l-r): Malaya and British Borneo one dollar; Japanese five cents.
Bottom row (l-r): Malaya one dollar; Malaya ten cents.
Coins (l-r): Malaya 20 cents; 10 cents; 5 cents – all obverse King George VI.
Square coin: Straits Settlements 1 cent – obverse King George V.
It was quite interesting scrutinizing these old notes and coins and thinking of the history of early Singapore.
