Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.01
- Creator:
- Bankers Utilities Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- San Francisco, CA
- Date:
- 1925-1930
- Description:
- Coin bank, The City Savings Bank, Berlin, NH. Book bank. Brass body with green pebbled faux leather covering. Front embossed with gold image of bank building and "THE CITY / SAVINGS BANK / BERLIN, N. H." Spine embossed "BOOK / OF / THRIFT / VIII". Brass stamped "BANKERS / UTILITIES CO. / SAN FRANCISCO / U.S.A. / PATENTED / JULY 3 1923". Slot on top. Lock on right side, but no key. Coin inside.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Plastic - Dimensions:
- H-4.6 W-3.4 D-1 inches
- Provenance:
- One of 39 coin banks collected in the 1960s by Francis E. Robinson, of Durham, NH, executive vice-president of the New Hampshire Association of Savings Banks (1961-1973). The banks were distributed by member banks of the New Hampshire Association of Savings Banks. Mr. Robinson kept this collection on display in his office on the top floor of the New Hampshire Savings Bank building at North Main and Capitol Streets in Concord.
Coin banks were commonly distributed by banks to their depositors. This practice began to wane around 1960. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Francis E. Robinson
- Subjects:
- Banks, Banking industry, Banking, Coin banks, Saving & investment
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