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Philippine Movie Stars featured in play money.
Circa 1930's |
During my
childhood I would buy candies or snacks which contained play money inside.
They are quite colorful and the designs are eye catching.
Denominations would run from 1 peso and as high as 100 Billion pesos. As kids we do not have much money so I would imagine that they were real and would buy anything I want with the few billions in hand.
The first play money were miniature coins made by
Laures from
Germany in the
1850's. They were made for dolls with purse containing these miniature coins. They were well made to be children's toys. In the 1880's,
Milton Bradley Company of Massachusetts popularized the toy money for children featuring copies of USA coins and banknotes made of cardboard.
Play Money are fake bills or coins intended to be
used use as toy currency, especially for classroom instruction or as a marker
in board games such as Monopoly, rather than currency in a legitimate exchange
market. I like the vintage Philippine play money because it resembles old US dollar bills.
