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Silver three pence coin from Great Britain depicting the bust of William III and Queen Mary. A hole was drilled into the coin, possibly done after Mary's death to evil spirits could exit the coin and render it safe for use. The Jeton has 20 stamped on it with an image of Queen Victoria on the verso. It, like the 3 pence coin, has a similar hole drilled into it at the crown of the Queen's head.

Collection 15 of German and Eastern Front bank notes. Of note are specific locations for some of the notes which include a note from the period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian revolution in 1905, a Ukrainian bank note issued by the short lived Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918, and a Bulgarian bank note which dates from the first decade of communist rule in Bulgaria. The notes illustrate the tumultuous history of economics for this area and show the severity of the hyperinflation in Germany and surrounding Eastern parts of Europe in the early 20th Century. A complete list of the 15 notes is as follows: Deutsche Reichsbank, 10,000 Mark note, 1922 Deutsche Reichsbank, 10,000 Mark note, 1922 Deutsche Reichsbank, 1,000 Mark note (after 1910) Deutsche Reichsbank, 100 Mark note (after 1910) Deutsche Reichsbank, 100 Mark note, 1908 Deutsche Reichsbank, 100 Mark note, 1920 Deutsche Reichsbank, 100 Mark note, 1920 Reichsschuldenverwaltung, Reichskassenschein, 5 Marks (1904) Reichsschuldenverwaltung, Reichskassenschein, 5 Marks (1904) Deutsche Reichsbank, 20 Mark note (after 1910) Deutsche Reichsbank, 50 Mark notes (after 1910) Gutschein der Gemeinde Weisskirchen (Austria), 20 Heller (1920) Russian Empire, 3 ruble note (1905) Ukrainian People's Republic, 50 karbovantsiv note (1918) People's republic of Bulgaria, 3 lev note (1951)

The collection contains general papers, photographs, and publications relating to Eastern Europe (including the Balkans, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Sarajevo, and Bosnia.