Lot 143

Description

Mint bag, for florins, used for delivery to Australia of the wartime production of Australian florins made at the U.S.Mint at San Francisco in 1944, stencilled with the details, 'U.S.Mint / S.F. / Australian / Florins / 2,000 / 1944'; Commonwealth Bank (Australia) canvas bag used to convey money totalling half-a-million pounds to the Darwin branch from disposal sales after WWII. Scarce pieces of Australian coin history, very fine and scarce.

Ex Banking and Currency Museum.