Indonesian demonstrators brought five bags of coins to the Australian embassy to "repay" Australian aid after the 2004 tsunami and warned they would bring their government down if the Bali nine executions were cancelled.

The coins were not accepted by the embassy. Fairfax Media understands the police have been given the names of several charities to which the coins could be donated.

The noisy but small protest was part of the #coinforAustralia campaign that was launched after Tony Abbott asked Indonesia to reciprocate for the $1 billion in aid money. The Prime Minister's comments caused widespread offence across Indonesia.

About 20 protesters, some of whom were from a Muslim students' organisation called PII, called on Tony Abbott "aka the big mouth" to apologise to the Indonesian people.