Bank, Still

Object Name:

Bank, Still

Object ID:

1991.094.24

Place of Origin:

San Francisco, CA

Date:

1960-1970

Description:

Coin bank, Amoskeag Savings Bank, Manchester, NH. Rectangular box with brass frame and plastic faces. Clear front with vertical columns for "HALVES", "QUARTERS", "DIMES", "NICKELS", AND "CURRENCY", marked in dollar amounts. Green plastic back, printed in white: "Everyone should / have a bank he can / call his own... / AMOSKEAG SAVINGS BANK / MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE". Four plastic feet. Black plastic panel on bottom, embossed "BANKERS UTILITIES COMPANY, INC. / 915 LINDEN AVENUE SO. SAN FRANCISCO". 1964 Jefferson nickel inside.

Material:

Metal
Brass
Plastic

Dimensions:

H-3.8 W-6 D-1.6 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