Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.02
- Creator:
- Banthrico, Inc.
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Coin bank, Bristol Savings Bank, Bristol, NH. White plastic bank in shape of a cape-style house with dormers and a green shingle roof. Black printing on front of base: "THE BRISTOL SAVINGS BANK / BRISTOL, N. H. MEMBER F.D.I.C." Metal bottom plate, stamped "BANTHRICO, INC. / CHICAGO, U.S.A." Lock in bottom plate, with key. 1947 Lincoln penny inside.
- Material:
- Plastic
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-2.7 W-3.6 D-2.3 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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