Bank, Still

Object Name:

Bank, Still

Object ID:

1991.094.03

Creator:

Bankers Utilities Company

Place of Origin:

San Francisco, CA

Date:

1945-1950

Description:

Coin bank, Claremont Savings Bank, Claremont, NH. Metal. Purple body with red disk on front. Gold printing on disk: "CLAREMONT SAVINGS BANK / FOUNDED / 1907 / A Mutual Bank / CLAREMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE". Two windows on right side of disk, registering dollars and cents. Lever at bottom of disk, with three positions stamped on body, "START", STOP", and "COINS". Bottom stamped "BANKERS UTILITIES / COMPANY, INC. / 915 LINDEN AVE. / SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO / U.S.A. / PATD MARCH 31-42 / NO. 2278008". Hinged, locking panel on bottom, stamped "ADD A COIN / BANK / [instructions]". Key included. Dime inside.

Material:

Metal

Dimensions:

H-4.3 W-4.2 D-2 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