Summary
Alternative Name(s): Money Tray
Money Sorter manufactured by Amplion (A/sia) Pty. Ltd., circa 1955. It was used at the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind to assist vision impaired clients and/or staff to sort coins. It would have gone out of used after the introduction of decimal currency in Australia in 1966.
Physical Description
Red tray for sorting metal money, made out of synthetic polymer resin, possibly Bakelite. The flat tray, which is placed on a flat surface at a sloping angle, is indented in six long columns. The user fills the columns with coins of a specific denomination to a designated amount. Florins, shillings, threepences, pennies and half-pennies can be sorted.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB), 21 Jul 1993
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Manufacturer
Amplion (A/sia) Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1955
Patent No. 204481 issued September 1955 -
Place & Date Used
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB), Prahran, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1955-1966
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Inscriptions
On machine: Easy Count/Australian Patent Nos. 204481 29300-57/Amplion (A/sia) Pty.Ltd. Sydney Australia/20 Florins/2 pounds/20 shillings/1 pound/40 sixpences/ 1 pound/40 threepences/10/-/24 pennies/2/-/ 24 half pennies/1/-.
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Classification
Medicine & health, Health organisations, Special needs equipment
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
240 mm (Length), 30 mm (Width), 175 mm (Height)
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Maximum dimensions
240 mm (Length), 172 mm (Width), 35 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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