Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.05
- Place of Origin:
- Hong Kong
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Coin bank, Concord Savings Bank, Concord, NH. Vertical rectangular ivory color plastic box with coin slot in top. Paper on front with printed color image of Indian girl and teepee; signed "Charles", bottom right. Plastic back panel, printed in gold: "CONCORD SAVINGS BANK / Concord, N. H. / Service to Savers Since 1872 / MADE IN HONG KONG"; with lock and hole for wall hanging. Coin inside.
- Material:
- Plastic
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-7.75 W-5 Dia-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
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