Early Australian coin collectors initially mainly sourced from the UK and USA. Some remained in use until 1980. After 1930 some automatic coin collectors were designed and manufactured locally (the Variable Tariff series).

Australia 1900-1940 early Coin Collectors and Automatic Payphones

CATEGORYNAMEIMAGE
EARLY
AA-01L.M. Ericsson coin telephone
Very early and ambiguous public telephones.
AB-01A.B. Multicoin
AE-01Automatic Electric Coin Box
PT SERIES
PT-02Sydney Workshops PT AE
PT-03No. 1 Auto Wall PT
PTVT SERIES
PTVT-01Coin Box- Cylindrical
PTVT-02Coin Box- Rectangular
PTVT-03VT Short Barrell Green
PTVT-04VT Long Barrell Green
PTVT-05Long Barrell Shelf Handset
PTVT-06Short Rectangular
PTVT-07Long Barrell, combined handset, Grey