The coins we used included coins of East India Company, Commissioners of Currency Malaya, Malaya and British Borneo, as well as Straits Settlements.。

The coins were in the shape of round and square, and of different sizes. We usually looked at the amount and did not bother if they were fake.

The half a cent coin of 1940 was a precious gift from my friend Min Pei (敏培). He was a lovely boy I met at the Singapore Amateur Players (新加坡艺术剧场).

When I was young, I did not bother the coins were from various sources.

I remembered there were extreme shining twenty cents coins and fifty cents coins. They were made of silver. I used to pick them from among the other coins for my father. He told me that those coins could be sold at the higher value than that of the coins.

Woman liked to make use of the coins with the portrait of Queen Victoria as adorns. It could be a pendant or button.

I liked to collect notes and coins. I used to keep the coins in small tins and put in the drawer. After my retirement, I enjoyed appreciating those old coins. They sometimes brought me sweet memories.

1845 One Cent (Queen Victoria) East India Company	1890 Ten Cents (Queen Victoria) Straits Settlements
1920 One Cent (George V King) Straits Settlements	1939 Twenty Cents (George VI King) Malaya
1956 One Cent (Queen Elizabeth) Malaya and British Borneo	1961 Twenty Cents (Queen Elizabeth) Malaya and British Borneo