Bank, Still
- Object Name:
- Bank, Still
- Object ID:
- 1991.094.21
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Coin bank, Siwooganock Guaranty Savings Bank, Lancaster, NH. Oval plastic body with chrome finish. Green top with silver printing: "Organized 1887 / THE SIWOOGANOCK / GUARANTY SAVINGS BANK / LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE / Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp." Six clear plastic vertical cylinders extending outward around body, marked "HALVES", "QUARTERS", "NICKELS", and "DIMES", with coin slot at top of each. Clear plastic panel on bottom. 1947 silver Roosevelt dime inside.
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- H-2.3 W-4.2 D-2.7 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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