Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.08
- Creator:
- Automatic Recording Safe Company
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Coin bank, Union Trust Company, Concord, NH. Chrome-plated steel. Oval body. Brass plate riveted to top, with raised lettering on black background: "UNION TRUST COMPANY / CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE"; and stamped "NO. 4561". Bottom stamped "ORIGINAL COMPARTMENT RECORDING SAFE PATENTS / PATENTS / 758340 / 793779 / 990533 / 990534 / 990535 / PATENTS / OTHER PATENTS PENDING / THE AUTOMATIC RECORDING SAFE CO. / CHICAGO, U.S.A." Lincoln wheat penny inside.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-2.4 W-3.8 D-1.75 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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