| Repository | University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | RC/2/8/5 |
| Creator Name | Richmal Crompton; Richmal Ashbee (niece of Richmal Crompton); and Richmal Ashbee's heirs |
| Title | [Richmal Crompton] Collection of coins [belonging to Richmal Crompton? or to her niece, Richmal Ashbee?] most of which have been issued by countries other than the United Kingdom |
| Date | 1882-1973 |
| Extent | 1 box |
| Description | The coins are stored in a plastic box that was originally used to package "Yellow Rose" cigarillos, made by Villiger Sons Cigar Manufacturers, Switzerland. The box was created in the c1960s.
[It is not clear who collected these coins. They may have been originally collected by Richmal Crompton, and then added to by her niece, Richmal Ashbee.]
The box contains coins from the following countries:
- "Confœderatio Helvetica" [Swiss Confederation] (coins dated 1882 and 1970)
- "Deutsches Reich" [German Empire or German Reich] (coins dated 1940)
- "Nederlanden" [Netherlands] (coins dated 1941, 1950-1951, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1969 and 1971)
- "Republik Österreich" [Republic of Austria] (coins dated 1948, 1951, 1955, 1960-1961, 1963 and 1965-1972)
- "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" [Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)] (coins dated 1950, 1967-1969 and 1971)
- "Deutsche Demokratische Republik" and "Deutschland" [German Democratic Republic (East Germany)] (coins dated 1952, 1962 and 1967-1969)
- "Federativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavija" [Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia] and "ФЕДЕРАТИВНА НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА" [Federal National Republic of Yugoslavia] (coins dated 1955)
- "CCCP" [Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , USSR or Soviet Union)] (coins dated 1956-1957)
- "Republique Française" [French Republic] (coins dated 1959, 1962-1970 and 1973)
- "Republica Populara Romina" [Republica Populară Romînă or Republica Populară Română (Romanian People's Republic)] (coins dated 1960)
- "Republica de Cuba" [República de Cuba (Republic of Cuba)] (coin dated 1961)
- "СОЦИЈАЛИСТИЧКА ФЕДЕРАТИВНА РЕПУБЛИКА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА" and "СФР ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА" ("SFR Jugoslavija") [Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] (coins dated 1965 and 1968)
- "Republica Socialista Romania" and "Romania" [Republica Socialistă România (Socialist Republic of Romania)] (coins dated 1966)
- "Éire" [Ireland (Republic of Ireland)] (coins dated 1971)
- Two pence, one penny and half-penny coins [from the new, decimal coinage of the United Kingdom, first issued in 1971] (coins dated 1971) |
| Language | English, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, German, French, Irish, Latin, Dutch, Spanish, Russian and Romanian |
| Physical Description | The box is made of transparent plastic with a cardboard insert. The box is 9.5cm x 6.5cm x 5cm. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Copyright to be determined. |