Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.06
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Coin bank, Merrimack County Savings Bank, Concord, NH. Plastic disk in form of a Mercury dime, with reeded edge and silver finish. Clear plastic back, printed in red: "MAKE YOUR DIMES GROW AT / THE MERRIMACK COUNTY SAVINGS BANK / CONCORD, N. H. -- MEMBER F.D.I.C."; with coin slot and removable access panel. 1952 dime inside.
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- D-0.65 Dia-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, Mercury, Coins
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