Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.12
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Coin bank, Gorham Savings Bank, Gorham, NH. Clear plastic cylinder with yellow top and bottom. Front of cylinder printed in black: "Gorham / Savings Bank / Gorham, N. H." Coin slot in top. Vertical metal post in center of cylinder, extended through top. Metal ring on top, held in place around post by a red metal padlock marked "WALSCO"; key attached to hasp. 1964 Jefferson nickel inside.
- Material:
- Plastic
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-5.5 Dia-3.5 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, Padlocks
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