AN IMPROVED DEVICE FOR THE SAFE TRANSMISSION OF COINS BY POST
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Clulow, of the Firm of Charles Goodall and Son,
of Camden Works, Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED DEVICE FOR THE SAFE TRANSMISSION
OF COINS BY POST."
Sealed the 2nd July 1878, and dated the 4th January 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Clulow and Charles
Goodall at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th January
1878.
GEORGE CLULOW, of the Firm of Charles Goodall and Son, of Camden Works,
Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers. "AN IMPROVED DEVICE
FOR THE SAFE TRANSMISSION OF COINS BY POST."
The object of my Invention is to enable coins to be transmitted by post with
safety and without shifting in their envelope or holder; and the Invention consists
of a recessed coin holder combined with means of covering or enclosing the coin or
coins placed therein.
One manner in which my Invention may be carried into effect is as follows:-
I take a piece of pasteboard or other suitable stiff material and punch therein a
series of holes, each of sufficient size to receive a shilling, for example, and I then
fasten a piece of paper or other material over one face of the said piece of pasteboard;
which thus becomes a recessed coin holder. I then attach by means of an eyelet or
otherwise to one end of the coin holder a cover, formed of a piece of cardboard or
other suitable material, of the same shape as the coin holder. This cover is free to
turn or swivel on the eyelet so as to uncover or cover the recesses in the coin holder
as required. I apply gum or other adhesive material round the under edges of the
When it is desired to transmiţ
cover or on the corresponding part of the holder.
coins by post they are placed in the recesses of the holder, the edges of the cover
are then damped, and the latter is moved round over the holder and pressed down,
when it will securely enclose the coins.
Another method of carrying out the Invention is to form the piece of paper or
other material which covers one face of the coin holder, as above described, of such

page_text: size and shape that part of it will form an envelope or cover which can be folded
over the coin holder, in some cases having gummed flaps to enclose the ends of the
holder.
According to another way I combine the two methods above described; that is to
use the swivelling cover, and in addition thereto flaps to fold over the sides
Bay,
and ends.
It will be evident that my Invention may be carried out in other ways, still
retaining the same feature; that is to say, a recessed coin holder and means of
covering or enclosing the coins therein, the said holder and the said means of
covering or enclosing the coin being adherent to each other, or combined together
as one article of manufacture.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Clulow and Charles Goodall in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 4th July 1878.
GEORGE CLULOW, of the Firm of Charles Goodall and Son, of Camden Works,
Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers. "AN IMPROVED DEVICE
FOR THE SAFE TRANSMISSION OF COINS BY POST."
The object of my Invention is to enable coins to be transmitted by post with
safety and without shifting in their envelope or holder; and the Invention consists
of a recessed coin holder combined with means of covering or enclosing the coin or
coins placed therein.
One manner in which my Invention may be carried into effect is as follows:-
I take a piece of pasteboard or other suitable stiff material and punch therein a
series of holes, each of sufficient size to receive a shilling, for example, and I then
fasten another piece of pasteboard or other material over one face of the first piece
of pasteboard, which thus becomes a recessed coin holder. I then attach by means
of an eyelet or otherwise to one end of the coin holder a cover formed of another
piece of pasteboard or other suitable material, of the same shape as the coin holder.
This cover is free to turn or swivel on the eyelet so as to uncover or cover the
recesses in the coin holder as required. I then paste or otherwise secure to the
back of the coin holder a piece of paper cloth, lined or not, of such size and shape
that it will form an envelope or cover which can be folded over the coin holder, in
some cases having gummed flaps to enclose the ends of the holder. When it is
desired to transmit coins by post they are placed in the recesses of the holder, the
swivelling cover is then moved round over the holder, and the outer envelope or
cover is then folded over the whole, thereby securely enclosing the coins.
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawings represents a coin holder and its cover, made
as herein-before described, the same being shewn open; Figure 2 is a section
through the line x, x, of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a side view, the swivelling cover
being in this case moved over the holder.

page_text: a is a piece of pasteboard (or other material); b, b, are holes punched therein.
It will generally be found most convenient to make these holes sufficiently large to
receive a shilling, but they may, if preferred, be larger or smaller, or the same coin
holder may have holes of different sizes; the number of the holes may also be varied
as desired from one to a dozen or more. c is a second piece of pasteboard of the
same size as the piece a, it is fastened to one face of this piece, the two pieces then
forming a recessed coin holder; d is a third piece of pasteboard, also of the saine
size, secured to the pieces a and c by an eyelet e, on which it is free to turn or
swivel, as seen in Figure 1; f is a piece of paper, fastened to the back of the piece
of pasteboard c, and having four flaps (one or more of which may be gummed) so as
to fold over and enclose the ends of the coin holder.
If desired the paper ƒ may be dispensed with, in which case one of the pieces a
and & should be gummed near its edge to enable these two pieces to be fastened to
each other after the coins have been inserted.
Another way of carrying out the Invention is represented in Figures 4 and 5.
In this case instead of the swivelling cover d a piece of pasteboard or other suitable
material d is fastened to one of the flaps of the paper f
It will be evident that my Invention may be carried out in other ways, still
retaining the same feature; that is to say, a recessed coin holder and means of
covering or enclosing the coins therein, the said holder and the said means of covering
or enclosing the coin being adherent to each other or combined together as one
article of manufacture.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Clulow, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourth day of July, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
GEO. CLULOW. (LS.)