PLACE REPRESENTED: Nicaragua
ITEM: Change Wallet
NOTES: Nifty little change wallet in what looks like and feels to be leather. Well, Nicaragua is a big beef producer. They come in all sorts of colours. They look sturdy.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2016
MADE FROM: leather
MADE IN: Nicaragua (probably)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm long , 8cm tall .
PLACE REPRESENTED: Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Coin Wallet
NOTES: Cute retro coin wallet from the days before Australia had $1 and $2 coins which is why it is quite small, perhaps. In any event, it’s not an issue for a tourist as you aren’t likely to come out of the Gold Coast with any change.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: vinyl , steel (springback)
MADE IN: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm across , 7.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Guadalajara , Mexico
ITEM: Wallet
NOTES: A small change wallet. Simple, festive and very useful.
I always wanted to go to Guadalajara ever since I heard Elvis Presley sing a song of the same (on TV in the 70s) name in the film, “Fun in Acapulco” … “Guadalajara, Guadalajara / Tienes el alma de provinciana / Hueles a limpio a rosa temprana”. Yes he sang it in Spanish (it was written by the great Mexican composer Pepe Guízar). I digress.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: Leather
MADE IN: Mexico probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cn x 9cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Paris , France
ITEM: Purse
NOTES: A small, cute, girls purse…just like a Frenchman. Think about it. Just kidding!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2001
MADE FROM: material , soft vinyl
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Monsoon Accessorize, London
DIMENSIONS: 12cm x 8.5cm
